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I don't write journals often
Posted 9 years agoBut when I do, its to waste my time and add another tick on the sequential year journals.
Birthday
Posted 11 years agoNow 29 years old
that is all.
that is all.
Move to Canada
Posted 12 years agoAfter being buried under student debt, injuring myself beyond being able to repay it, and worrying that I cannot find a method of getting said loans forgiven. I am considering moving to Canada for a fresh start.
I'm not the most patriotic of people here in the USA, nor am I one of those people who loathes it but refuses to attempt to leave. I Just don't feel like this is going to be a stable place to be in the next few years. Student loan/ Education industry bubble is coming to its breaking point. Really don't wanna be around when that happens.
I was under the impression that i'd have ample time and a good career by the time I finished at ITT Tech. Only nearly a year later they told me I was paying them roughly 40 grand for a pay grade that was identical to the job I was currently doing. And that the field was oversaturated. Half of the teachers there had degrees in the field they where teaching, but did not recieve a job for it, simply opting to go into teaching for ITT Tech, the very institute that got them the degree. A for profit degree vendor that seems to be worthless in the long run.
I was so sure that getting a degree would lead to a better job. Why wouldn't I, From day one in Jr High and forward they drill it into you that you need a degree to get a better job. If you don't do good you won't get into a college and you will fail. I feel partially victimized by that sort of brow beating of the education industry trying to get me to buy into the big scheme of Degree = success.
In any case, its just something thats been going around in my head. I don't like the notion of "skipping' out on debt. But at the same time, would rather say fuck you to those predatory for profit schools who managed to rope me in on a bad loan. If I had even a sliver of a clue how this would have been handled, or if I would have hurt myself later, I would have never bothered.
Anyways, just sort of venting the thought into text for a journal. IF you have any thoughts on it, feel free to comment.
Also, Fuck Sallie Mae. Seriously, if you are even considering getting a student loan, do not do it through them. If you have any sort of issue getting a real loan and turn that company, prepare for a nightmare that doesn't end, misleading agreements, and more fine print than you could read in that day.
I'm not the most patriotic of people here in the USA, nor am I one of those people who loathes it but refuses to attempt to leave. I Just don't feel like this is going to be a stable place to be in the next few years. Student loan/ Education industry bubble is coming to its breaking point. Really don't wanna be around when that happens.
I was under the impression that i'd have ample time and a good career by the time I finished at ITT Tech. Only nearly a year later they told me I was paying them roughly 40 grand for a pay grade that was identical to the job I was currently doing. And that the field was oversaturated. Half of the teachers there had degrees in the field they where teaching, but did not recieve a job for it, simply opting to go into teaching for ITT Tech, the very institute that got them the degree. A for profit degree vendor that seems to be worthless in the long run.
I was so sure that getting a degree would lead to a better job. Why wouldn't I, From day one in Jr High and forward they drill it into you that you need a degree to get a better job. If you don't do good you won't get into a college and you will fail. I feel partially victimized by that sort of brow beating of the education industry trying to get me to buy into the big scheme of Degree = success.
In any case, its just something thats been going around in my head. I don't like the notion of "skipping' out on debt. But at the same time, would rather say fuck you to those predatory for profit schools who managed to rope me in on a bad loan. If I had even a sliver of a clue how this would have been handled, or if I would have hurt myself later, I would have never bothered.
Anyways, just sort of venting the thought into text for a journal. IF you have any thoughts on it, feel free to comment.
Also, Fuck Sallie Mae. Seriously, if you are even considering getting a student loan, do not do it through them. If you have any sort of issue getting a real loan and turn that company, prepare for a nightmare that doesn't end, misleading agreements, and more fine print than you could read in that day.
