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re: Elizabeth Warren's Answer For Student Loan Debt - Tax Rich People
Posted on 8/25/14 at 1:24 am to SpidermanTUba
Posted on 8/25/14 at 1:24 am to SpidermanTUba
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How about only the wealthy get to go to college and everyone else becomes a worker bee?
Why do you have to go directly to college right after high school? If you or your family can't afford it but you want to go, work and save money until you can afford it. That's much smarter than jumping into loans.
Posted on 8/25/14 at 4:00 am to RebelExpress38
My parents were not very well off (I went to BR public school). I washed dished and did lawns thru high school to pay for stuff and save for school.
I worked hard in high school (unlike a lot in my class) because I wanted a better life for myself. I got TOPS when I graduated. I got into some out of state schools, but didn't want to incur the debt because I didn't know what I wanted to do in life yet and didn't want my parents struggling to try to help me when I didn't have a forward plan.
I worked campus jobs during the school year, worked summers on oil rigs to be able to afford to have a little fun in college. Realized early on that if I wanted to get a job after graduation I should get in the engineering field (this was before everybody and their mom was trying to graduate in it, our graduating class was like 20).
I got lucky that when I graduated the oil industry was picking up and I was able to get a job but I was prepared to just go back to the rig and work as a roughneck and work my way up if I couldn't find anything.
I consider myself very lucky to be where I am today but there was work involved and I was prepared to work as hard as I needed to make a comfortable life for myself. You just don't see that sort of work ethic with a lot of people growing up now. It's a combo of being prepared to get your hands dirty and picking a major that will generate income. I'm all about following your dreams, but if you don't have rich parents, it's probably not a good idea to go to a private college and get a degree in art.
I worked hard in high school (unlike a lot in my class) because I wanted a better life for myself. I got TOPS when I graduated. I got into some out of state schools, but didn't want to incur the debt because I didn't know what I wanted to do in life yet and didn't want my parents struggling to try to help me when I didn't have a forward plan.
I worked campus jobs during the school year, worked summers on oil rigs to be able to afford to have a little fun in college. Realized early on that if I wanted to get a job after graduation I should get in the engineering field (this was before everybody and their mom was trying to graduate in it, our graduating class was like 20).
I got lucky that when I graduated the oil industry was picking up and I was able to get a job but I was prepared to just go back to the rig and work as a roughneck and work my way up if I couldn't find anything.
I consider myself very lucky to be where I am today but there was work involved and I was prepared to work as hard as I needed to make a comfortable life for myself. You just don't see that sort of work ethic with a lot of people growing up now. It's a combo of being prepared to get your hands dirty and picking a major that will generate income. I'm all about following your dreams, but if you don't have rich parents, it's probably not a good idea to go to a private college and get a degree in art.
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