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re: ‘Going to college ruined my life.’ I have $85K in student loan debt with a useless degree
Posted on 4/7/22 at 8:26 pm to BIGJLAW
Posted on 4/7/22 at 8:26 pm to BIGJLAW
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I blame the idiots for getting the degree but also the university for having classes like this.
This is what Universities were created for; the idea that they were to prepare someone for a job was a later innovation.
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Posted on 4/7/22 at 8:27 pm to NC_Tigah
Sounds more like a OT assistant
Posted on 4/7/22 at 8:28 pm to NC_Tigah
Learned a big lesson, IMO
Posted on 4/7/22 at 8:30 pm to VolunGator
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She means occupational therapy assistant.
So she's either purposely misrepresenting her degree or she actually thinks she as an Associates Degree in OT (either of which points toward your point about her probably not being a quality candidate).
Posted on 4/7/22 at 8:33 pm to Bard
An OTA can make $50k-$60k easily. You can’t fix stupid, though.
Posted on 4/7/22 at 8:33 pm to NC_Tigah
She must be fat or ugly because otherwise her MRS degree would have some poor sap busting his arse to pay it for her.
Posted on 4/7/22 at 8:43 pm to NC_Tigah
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Going to college ruined my life.’ I have $85K in student loan debt for my ‘useless degree’ but only make $16 per hour. How can I cope?
I have two kids. One on his own and doing well, no college debt. The other, half way through college and no debt so far, thanks to some saving through the years. Preached to them since they were young to go into something in demand (medical field).
Posted on 4/7/22 at 9:19 pm to NC_Tigah
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associates degree
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$85K
You're an idiot
Your mom's an idiot
Posted on 4/7/22 at 9:59 pm to NC_Tigah
You’re an idiot and your Mom is obviously one too. Slap some sense into and maybe she’ll return the favor. And no, we aren’t interested in financing your idiocy
Posted on 4/7/22 at 10:04 pm to NineLineBind
quote:Yup. Here's your hint...
Gotta have daily visit to Starbucks and ordering grub hub while “studying”. This person took out loans to live and now realizes they lived it up too much.
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I already have a mountain of other bills I owe to credit cards
Posted on 4/7/22 at 10:27 pm to NC_Tigah
First of all she has an associate’s of an Occupational therapy assistant.
Second of all they make between 25-30 an hour typically
Second of all they make between 25-30 an hour typically
Posted on 4/7/22 at 10:29 pm to the808bass
Exactly
She’s lucky she’s not my cota, I’m an OTR, I’d have her fired
She’s lucky she’s not my cota, I’m an OTR, I’d have her fired
Posted on 4/7/22 at 10:37 pm to lsucoonass
I've never understood having to go to college to get a degree for something that lands you a menial hourly wage type job.
You see it all the time.
Occupational Therapist. Medical Assistant. Etc.
These are "careers" sure but they aren't high powered careers they are just decent paying jobs.
A "degree" used to be an achievement. Something that was a testament to your hard work and dedication and intelligence. Now it' a racket.
You see it all the time.
Occupational Therapist. Medical Assistant. Etc.
These are "careers" sure but they aren't high powered careers they are just decent paying jobs.
A "degree" used to be an achievement. Something that was a testament to your hard work and dedication and intelligence. Now it' a racket.
Posted on 4/7/22 at 11:02 pm to VolunGator
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She means occupational therapy assistant. An OT degree would absolutely be at minimum a BS. Most OT programs have moved to an MS.
I don't know of any OT programs that are not at least a 2 year Masters program. Many are now 3 year (spring-summer-fall) doctorate programs, at least they are in Texas. Very, very competitive to be accepted similar to PT programs....graduates generally start in the 70-75K range.
OT-Assistant certifications are 2 year programs and don't require a degree beforehand, so it's possible the OP got a degree and then went to one of these programs. Salaries average in the low-mid 40s.
Posted on 4/7/22 at 11:40 pm to NC_Tigah
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But I will never forget back in the beginning of 2018, my professors told me that by the time my classmates and I graduated, we would likely struggle to get jobs because of changes in the profession. Well, they were right.
They gave you the f-king answers to the test and you still got it wrong. You don’t deserve to cry.
Posted on 4/7/22 at 11:57 pm to aubie101
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Imagine those with gender studies degrees. 100K in debt just so you can stock shelves ( with purple hair) at Walmart.
Well now you can make six figures becoming any company’s DEI Director
Posted on 4/8/22 at 12:38 am to NC_Tigah
Despite his stupidity, he is still a victim of predatory lending schemes. 'Just don't sign' people say, ignoring that there are billions of dollars poured into fooling and then grifting kids in higher education.
If anything, it makes it even more apalling.
If anything, it makes it even more apalling.
Posted on 4/8/22 at 12:47 am to NC_Tigah
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I am 32 and got my associates degree in occupational therapy.
The few OT's I know went to school for 5-6 years. She's not an OT. She'd be the assistant to the OT's assistant, which is why she can't find a job.
Posted on 4/8/22 at 12:59 am to NC_Tigah
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Wolfson
Posted on 4/8/22 at 1:12 am to NC_Tigah
I call bullshite on the pay. My daughter just graduated with an associates degree from Bossier Parish Community College as a Occupational Therapist Assistant one year ago. It took her about 6 months to find a job. She woke for clinic that specializes in different types of therapy (occupational, speech, behavioral etc) for children. She works 4 days a week and makes $38000. She could have found a job sooner and made more if she went to work at a nursing home but she really wanted to work with children.
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