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marcus
2018 Sep 17, 7:11am
marcus
2018 Sep 17, 7:11am
100K debt for degree in English lit ?
Even back in 2010 a lot of people knew this was unwise.
Even back in 2010 a lot of people knew this was unwise.
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Y
2018 Sep 17, 7:15am
Y
2018 Sep 17, 7:15am
No salary research prior to racking up 100k in debt for EL degree?
Did the dude think the world would hand out 250k yr for reciting nursery rhymes to toddlers?
Did the dude think the world would hand out 250k yr for reciting nursery rhymes to toddlers?
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Shaman
2018 Sep 17, 8:25am
Shaman
2018 Sep 17, 8:25am
He should have studied something useful.
And when he realized his mistake he should have switched to a more lucrative field. He could have got his teaching certificate, gone to Nome, Alaska, and taught for four years upon which time they’d forgive all his debt. Hell it might be only three years
And when he realized his mistake he should have switched to a more lucrative field. He could have got his teaching certificate, gone to Nome, Alaska, and taught for four years upon which time they’d forgive all his debt. Hell it might be only three years
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Tenpoundbass
2018 Sep 17, 8:35am
Tenpoundbass
2018 Sep 17, 8:35am
Literature degrees are only useful for interesting people as the Authors they write about.
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In May, I got a freelance contract with a newspaper that within a year would hire me full-time—paying me, after taxes, roughly $900 every two weeks
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Now thirty years old, I have been incapacitated by debt for a decade.
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My debt was the result, in equal measure, of a chain of rotten luck and a system that is an abject failure by design.
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/looks-like-debt-to-me-miller