Student loan borrowers skip payments: It's "an act of civil disobedience"
www.newsweek.com
As national student loan debt lies at 1.75 trillion, one in 10 borrowers said they won't be paying off their loans as a matter of principle.
  • andros_rex@lemmy.world
    161·
    9 months ago

    I took out my student loans to get a teaching degree. I worked full time during school, but tuition at my public university was 10k$/year when I was making $16k. My state has effectively made it illegal to be transgender in a public school, so despite a devastating shortage in my area of expertise, I can no longer work in the career I took the loans out for. My option is now to take out more student loans to pay for a masters degree and hope that I’ll be able to save up enough to move out of state, because I want to do the thing that I love to do and am good at. I will be a debt slave for the rest of my life.

    • EssentialCoffee@midwest.socialEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      You should look trying to move to a state before taking the loans. Plenty of states need teachers and are willing to pay for you to get your master’s as part of retaining you.

      • andros_rex@lemmy.world
        10·
        9 months ago

        The state that just hired the LibsOfTikTok person to evaluate school materials… and is going after a principal’s license for dressing in drag on the weekends. Imma be vague because my life sucks enough without getting Chaya involved…