Yea, I went to a relatively cheap college. Tuition was about 8k a year when I started and 12k when I graduated, this didn’t include living expenses or housing. I worked on average 30 hours a week and full time during the summers. I left with about 20k in loans. I worked and saved while living at my parents home and paid them off in about 3 years. I was lucky to be in a position to do this, all the while making less than 15 an hour.
Then a few years later when there was talk of people getting their debt forgiven, my mother says " that’s not fair, you worked hard to get out of it, they should too." And I stood there in shock, thinking who cares if I worked hard to pay off my loans, it doesn’t mean others should have to. I don’t want others to go through what I sacrificed if they don’t have to.
I didn’t pay a dime (other than living expenses) for my tuition. Fuck everyone who is against debt forgiveness. I worked hard to become a software engineer, but do you think I could have done it while working full time at the same time just to pay tuition? Even if I didn’t work during college, I would have had to live the college quality living for several years before I would have made enough to pay tuition and living.
Education is the single most important thing for a society to progress and everyone to do better, live better, and create better. Anyone against it? Tells you all you need to know. They benefit from an uneducated population, that struggles on low wages for their own personal profit.
Yea, I went to a relatively cheap college. Tuition was about 8k a year when I started and 12k when I graduated, this didn’t include living expenses or housing. I worked on average 30 hours a week and full time during the summers. I left with about 20k in loans. I worked and saved while living at my parents home and paid them off in about 3 years. I was lucky to be in a position to do this, all the while making less than 15 an hour.
Then a few years later when there was talk of people getting their debt forgiven, my mother says " that’s not fair, you worked hard to get out of it, they should too." And I stood there in shock, thinking who cares if I worked hard to pay off my loans, it doesn’t mean others should have to. I don’t want others to go through what I sacrificed if they don’t have to.
I didn’t pay a dime (other than living expenses) for my tuition. Fuck everyone who is against debt forgiveness. I worked hard to become a software engineer, but do you think I could have done it while working full time at the same time just to pay tuition? Even if I didn’t work during college, I would have had to live the college quality living for several years before I would have made enough to pay tuition and living.
Education is the single most important thing for a society to progress and everyone to do better, live better, and create better. Anyone against it? Tells you all you need to know. They benefit from an uneducated population, that struggles on low wages for their own personal profit.
“Okay, but does making it easier for them somehow lessen MY accomplishments? Is that how you think? Jesus christ mom.”
Yeah, I worked 60h a week as a full time student to get through school without loans, and no one should have to do that.