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What if I told you I was not a graduate of a loser niversity? I'm not going to lie, I didn't go to Harvard or Yale. I can tell you that I also had absolutely no desire to go to either university. I began at a catholic university, Mercyhurst in Erie, Pennsylvania.
The tuition wasn't cheap, but it was close to home and work. Like every other naive college student, I signed up for federal loans. The tuition was approximately twice that of the state college and half an hour away from Erie.
The following year I moved forty-five minutes south of Erie heading towards Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Remove necessitated changing colleges, even though I continue to work in Erie. Edinboro University was halfway between home and Erie. The choice was a no-brainer, and the price tag was excellent.
I must say that I must have paid more than if I'd gone to four years as required for a speech communications degree, however, as an adult learner, I had to split my time between work and home. I was in college and working full-time for eleven years. Currently, my college loan is at sixty-five thousand dollars. I will be sixty-three years old in June.
Did I need that expensive degree? Not to get my current job. It ended up that my life experience as a quality advisor, and supervisor in a call center qualified me for the current post.
Like everybody else during the pandemic, my account was on hold, but the interest continued to build. It resumed last year sometime and I am on the income-based repayment system. Unlike many people, I do not believe let. The federal government should cover my school loans. I chose to go and I signed on the dotted line for the loans. As a woman who was a single mom, my demographic is a minority. I did not get caught any specific breaks on my tuition, my former job did help me with some tuition and reimbursement. I took out maximum loans, also another foolish decision. My logic at the time was that I couldn't work a second job. I would need the additional money for things such as books, appliances, and home repairs.
Hindsight is everything. Now I will continue to pay my debt because I don't believe taxpayers should have to fork it over. This is just my humble opinion, you're not intended to spark resentment. This is how my generation was raised, and I take responsibility for debts that I incur.
It's been quite a while since I've posted, so don't be too shocked.
I have missed you all here. And I've been writing a pretty challenging storm since I left. Life has calmed down a little and new challenges have cropped up to replace them.
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Today's prompt:
is a graduate of Loser University. I started at a catholic university named Mercyhurst in Erie, Pennsylvania.
The tuition wasn't cheap, but it was close to home and work. Like every other naive college student, I signed up for Federal loans. The tuition was approximately twice that of the state's call, about half an hour away from Erie.
The following year I moved forty-five minutes south of Erie heading towards Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Remove necessitated changing colleges, even though I continue to work in Erie. Edinboro University was halfway between home and Erie. The choice was a no-brainer, and the price tag was excellent.
I must say that I must have paid more than if I'd gone to four years as required for a speech communications degree, however, as an adult learner, I had to split my time between work and home. I was in college and working full-time for eleven years. Currently, my college loan is at sixty-five thousand dollars. I will be sixty-three years old in June.
Did I need that expensive degree? Not to get my current job. It ended my life experience. As a quality, advisor, and supervisor in a call center qualified for the current post.
Like everybody else during the pandemic, my account was on hold, but the interest continued to build. It resumed last year sometime and I am on the income-based repayment system. Unlike many people, I do not believe the federal government should cover the cost of my school loans. I chose to go to college and I signed on the dotted line for the loans. As a single mom, my demographic is a minority. I did not get any breaks on tuition. My former job did help me with some tuition reimbursement. I, however took out the maximum loans, also another foolish decision. My logic, at the time, was that I couldn't work a second job. I would need the additional money for things such as books, appliances, and home repairs.
Hindsight is everything. Now I continue to pay my debt because I don't believe taxpayers should have to fork it over. This is my humble opinion, not intended to spark resentment and it is how my generation was raised. I take responsibility for debts that I incur.
It's been quite a while since I've posted, so don't be too shocked.
I have missed you all and I've been weathering a pretty challenging storm since I left. I think last March my posts dwindled
Life calmed down a little, and new challenges cropped up to replace the old.
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Today's prompt:
is a graduate of Loser University
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