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Katashi_itto

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8. Yes it gave me a better lifestyle. The stress gave me health issues. Simple enough?

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Sat Feb 7, 2015, 09:14 AM

Feb 2015

I would not wish that on anyone.

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Student loans are literally depressing people [View all] xchrom Feb 2015 OP

How come nobody wants to study what depresses me and causes me anxiety? Shrike47 Feb 2015 #1

People would be better off avoiding the loans for school. Work and go to school at the same time ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #2

Cost of tuition and books have made that virtually impossible. Lars39 Feb 2015 #3

All that has to happen is to implement a new way of making it work ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #9

Work and go to school! Lolol...I did that. Unbelievable hardship Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #4

Why was it not worth it? Did not your education enable you to obtain more money and ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #7

Yes it gave me a better lifestyle. The stress gave me health issues. Simple enough? Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #8

So you cannot deal with stress, ok hard for me to relate becasue I thrive on it. Sorry we are all ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #14

God your dim. Stress related health issues. Go play in the sandbox with someone who cares what you Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #15

I get it causes health problems but in order to work in almost every job in the world there ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #18

Captain obvious. Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #31

I worked and went to school and... meaculpa2011 Feb 2015 #12

I worked 35-40 hours per week and went to school my entire time titaniumsalute Feb 2015 #16

Education means more and you get more out of it when you are paying for it yourself ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #19

I worked full time and went to school at night yeoman6987 Feb 2015 #27

I was kind of lucky titaniumsalute Feb 2015 #38

Yeah, like 20 years for a lot of students. Yo_Mama Feb 2015 #10

See post 11. woo me with science Feb 2015 #13

I did that BubbaFett Feb 2015 #23

Seriously? abelenkpe Feb 2015 #30

I did it too: when it was much cheaper and there were more student jobs and assistantships. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #32

Or better yet, skip the college part. Work and invest an amount equal to books and tuition. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #37

It isn't always possible AgingAmerican Feb 2015 #42

It is no measure of health woo me with science Feb 2015 #5

Given the sorry state of "for profit" education, people need to think long and hard Vinca Feb 2015 #6

Let's focus on pressuring oligarchs and their paid, corrupt politicians woo me with science Feb 2015 #11

Actually we need to do both to get we need as a society ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #17

Pardon me for dealing with reality and trying to save an aimless young person a lifetime of debt. Vinca Feb 2015 #36

Very good advice skepticscott Feb 2015 #21

It's far more difficult later on davidn3600 Feb 2015 #44

That leads to two fundamental questions Depaysement Feb 2015 #20

See my response above for my thought on that skepticscott Feb 2015 #25

Your views . . . Depaysement Feb 2015 #40

Because certain actors are purposefully jacking up the price to reduce supply. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #33

Who and how? Depaysement Feb 2015 #39

Government for one. By funding reductions and changes to tax policy. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #46

Loans DustyJoe Feb 2015 #22

One of the biggest problems is that the interest rates are too high for student loans still_one Feb 2015 #24

Hell, I think all of my student loans have a higher interest rate than even that. W_HAMILTON Feb 2015 #43

I agree. We can thank congress for that still_one Feb 2015 #51

We just finished paying off a student loan madokie Feb 2015 #26

How were you surprised? Doctor Who Feb 2015 #28

We wasn't on the hook for it madokie Feb 2015 #45

Not just for young adults. Kermitt Gribble Feb 2015 #29

K/R marmar Feb 2015 #34

Millenials are going to get very angry lovuian Feb 2015 #35

Just wait until daredtowork Feb 2015 #52

We can thank Republicans for this. Initech Feb 2015 #41

Hell, they are depressing me and I don't have any. Yo_Mama Feb 2015 #47

I don't think I will ever pay mine off. bigwillq Feb 2015 #48

Your friends who do construction trades will quite possibly have broken bodies later Fumesucker Feb 2015 #53

High interest school loan debt will cripple a generation Ramses Feb 2015 #49

I suffered great physical damage due to stress from my student Loan glinda Feb 2015 #50

The only difference between a student loan and home loan is the student loan is a mortgage on ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #54