Hell no we shouldn't. The people who can't pay off $12k loan

Hell no we shouldn't. The people who can't pay off $12k loan
by Freight Train (2024-02-22 16:38:17)
Edited on 2024-02-22 16:43:34

In reply to: We should incentivize more college graduates. posted by kormal

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in 10 years got a garbage degree funded by the US government. They should have gone to trade school and gotten some noble job like a plumber, HVAC tech, med tech, anything other than a useless degree that can't pay off a $12k loan. The irony is that the plumber can pay off that $12k loan.

Signed, father of a kid who dropped out of a college to pursue a trade vocation. It was absolutely the right decision for him, and he's paying off his meager student loans because he's taking responsibility for his choices and learning the value of making a promise. He keeps his promises.

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A garbage degree ad opposed to a business degree? - ACross 2024-02-22 18:58:22
- Was his nickname Maggot by any chance? - akaRonMexico 2024-02-23 14:46:36
  - Alas, the one doing the best on ND - ACross 2024-02-23 15:03:30
  - Nyet * - ACross 2024-02-23 14:57:54
- I think you have to distinguish between degrees - Kali4niaND 2024-02-22 20:00:47
- You have no credibility on this issue. Zero. - Freight Train 2024-02-22 19:12:19
  - Simmer down bean counter * - ACross 2024-02-23 00:42:03
  - So you denigrate others’ “garbage” degrees above - ocnd 2024-02-22 19:43:07
    - An online degree from Univ of Phoenix for $150k - EricCartman 2024-02-22 23:02:02
    - If you can’t pay off a debt used to fund something - Freight Train 2024-02-22 19:46:00
      - I resent that college has become a return on investment - jt 2024-02-22 23:25:42
        Why? ROI has always been the game. - EricCartman 2024-02-23 09:13:56
        That premise is 100% false - ACross 2024-02-23 15:16:10
        It’s implied. - EricCartman 2024-02-25 22:39:51
        "Idea of a University" would say otherwise - czeche 2024-02-26 10:24:24
        "Party school like ND." Classic * - jt 2024-02-23 16:56:57
        I disagree, at least to the extent - jt 2024-02-23 11:06:25
  - Ha.... - Kbyrnes 2024-02-22 19:25:08
I disagree that degrees are garbage unless the person is - kormal 2024-02-22 17:57:01
- I think you are fundamentally off base - BigClumber 2024-02-22 19:46:50
  - I remember an interview with Spike Lee, maybe 10+ years ago - Tex Francisco 2024-02-23 09:41:07
  - Not only do I disagree but this is a depressingly - kormal 2024-02-22 19:49:29
    - A very simple thought exercise. - Freight Train 2024-02-22 19:59:14
      - “Own” a college degree - kormal 2024-02-22 20:03:43
        A college degree is an asset that was bought. - Freight Train 2024-02-22 20:06:56
    - That's hilarious - BigClumber 2024-02-22 19:57:45
      - I don’t see the world as I wish it was. - kormal 2024-02-22 20:04:40
        I am sincerely curious. In this better world, - Freight Train 2024-02-22 20:14:30
- An art history degree has zero utility unless it helps - Freight Train 2024-02-22 19:14:34