The New York Times complains about rising student loans. A Dangerous 'New Normal'
The top comment is absurd.
mac san diego, ca
I attended a prestigious private school and came out of it with a school loan debt of over $100,000. I earned a PHD in economics. because I didn't want to wait much longer to start a family, that kept my career at the back-burner for another 8 years until all my 3 kids were in school full-time.
Then the recession hit and I haven't been able to find a good-paying full-time job.
That school loan has compounded to over $200,000.
I have no hope and therefore, no plans of repaying all of that loan in my lifetime. I keep deferring it by continuing to take & retake some classes at the community college thereby qualifying as a "full-time student."
America is sad.
She goes to an expensive college for at least four years, five years or more in a Ph.D. program, then has kids for another eight years. That's seventeen years with no attempt to actually pay loans for her "prestigious" degree. She blames America.
The top comment is absurd.
mac san diego, ca
I attended a prestigious private school and came out of it with a school loan debt of over $100,000. I earned a PHD in economics. because I didn't want to wait much longer to start a family, that kept my career at the back-burner for another 8 years until all my 3 kids were in school full-time.
Then the recession hit and I haven't been able to find a good-paying full-time job.
That school loan has compounded to over $200,000.
I have no hope and therefore, no plans of repaying all of that loan in my lifetime. I keep deferring it by continuing to take & retake some classes at the community college thereby qualifying as a "full-time student."
America is sad.
She goes to an expensive college for at least four years, five years or more in a Ph.D. program, then has kids for another eight years. That's seventeen years with no attempt to actually pay loans for her "prestigious" degree. She blames America.