Comments on: Personal Clarification on Student Loan Debt

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[…] a while ago I wrote an entry called “Personal Clarification on Student Loan Debt” where I stated quite clearly that I am no victim. One of the major problems that I see brewing out […]

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:47:22 +0000

I hear you, Michelle.

My message is that yes, I know I took out these loans and NO NO NO I am NOT complaining about it. So many people hear us tell our tales and they immediately say, “Stop whining and complaining. You did this to yourselves!”

Well, my response is, “Yes, I did this to myself. No, I’m not complaining. And you know what? The only reason I HAD to do this to myself was because this society thinks that someone with my stats is someone who is not worthy of receiving a free ride to college.”

The most disgusting part of this situation is that you can present these real, hard-to-swallow facts to some of the extremists out there and they respond by rolling their eyes and saying, “Whatever.”

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:09:18 +0000

Oh yeah and the financial aid at my school is such a joke. I did over 150 hours of volunteer work while I was in high school and didn’t get one scholarship for my community service.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:06:46 +0000

Joe, I feel for you! I am a white female who is currently preparing to start her junior year at a well known public university in Missouri. That’s right, PUBLIC university! I will graduate (hopefully) in May of 2009 with about $63,000 worth of undergraduate debt. Like you, I am facing the music and realizing that this debt is going to be a nightmare to pay off. I am also prepared to work two full time jobs after college to get out of this debt ASAP. What upsets me most about accumulating so much financial debt is the fact that I, like many students no matter what their race, gender, or ethnicity, went to college with the hope of doing better financially for myself than my parents. My parents didn’t attend college and when I was in the fifth grade my father became terminally ill and could no longer work. My parents had to file for bankruptcy when I was ten. I feel like I am going to live the same financial nightmare they did and that is NOT what I went to college for.