Some of you might remember two few weeks ago when I posted an entry talking about the major positive effects of canceling all student loan debt. Obviously, with $100,000+ in student loan debt, I would be in favor of such a move by the government! However, I understand that this is my debt which I freely assumed and I have every intention of paying it back, yada, yada, yada.
The purpose of this post, though, is to report back to you all on something I saw when I went over to the petition site earlier today to read some of the brief stories that the signers are posting. I read the blurb below and my jaw hit the floor.
Mr. Obama: I first would like to command you on job well done for past 2 months into your presidency. Most importantly, I would like to urge you to seriously look into this important issue that contributed to greater debt of our nation. Please, consider a relief package for student loan debtors. This will forgive student loan debt and therefore, will enable us to invest in our future and save the economy in the long run.
Seriously? You would like to “command” the President “on job well done for past 2 months into your presidency?” Really? Is that what you want to do? You want the President to seriously look into canceling student loan debt “that contributed to greater debt of our nation?” Yeah?
Are you serious?
If I was President of the United States and a letter like this mess came in (which, by the way, was written in support of an idea!), I’d first laugh out loud and then I’d personally write back to this individual and suggest they engage a lawyer to press charges against their alma mater! How can anyone on the planet take such a disgrace of a letter seriously?
Look, I love the passion that people have regarding student loan cancellation and I agree wholeheartedly with the economic principles behind the concept, but if you can’t write a decent paragraph in favor of the idea, then don’t write anything at all! Sometimes it is okay to shut up!
All I know is that if the student loan cancellation crowd wants to gain any traction, they need to do better than the blurb posted above.
Face it, the kids of this generation can’t put together grammatically correct sentences even if their lives were staked upon it. But at least this kid has a bit more sense than those who would write “i wnt u 2 4get the debt n let us nvest n r future.”
That’s a good point. I absolutely hate when people write nething for anything. Really? You want to save the effort of typing that additional letter? Really?
Good grief…
“but if you can’t write a decent paragraph in favor of the idea, then don’t write anything at all! Sometimes it is okay to shut up!”
I have to completely agree with that.
The bottom line is that the student loan system is corrupt and needs to be changed. All voices should be welcomed. I know several students from foreign countries unable to write a coherent sentence, yet the university pays their entire education in the name of internationalism. In the meantime, we have American citizens going into huge debt to acquire a degree that will, most likely, burden them well into middle age.
Short words are meant for texting on cell phones. One can cram in more characters. Do u no wat I mean? Typing on a message board isn’t doesn’t have the same limitations.
Who can we call/write to request a student loan dismissal?