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Originally Posted by Gridlock
Thought this was interesting, seeing as there was so much discussion on these people complaining about student loans.
The Student Loans Scheme: a Gateway Drug to Debt Slavery
Have no idea of where he got the data, or its bias, but it seems to me to be an example of just one more "fuck you" step that people need to deal with to get ahead.
"Hey! You made it through our shitty public school system. Congratulations! You even did well. Now you'd like to get a good job, and to do so, would like to go to school. Good choice. Here's all the money you need, and we'll take it from you at some point at higher than normal interest. Oh! Yeah, tuition is expensive-but it will all be worth it, when you serve coffee, and can tell everyone why it represents the tears of the peasant workers with your arts degree" |
How many of these people who are in debt actually got decent grades or didn't take something useless? I am assuming that these are the sub par students or ones that got majors in art history, english, religious studies, or philosophy. In that case, I don't know how much people can sympathize with them. One of my cousins from the U.S. is looking for internships right now, and every single employer wants at a minimum a 3.0 GPA just to get an interview, which I think is actually very achievable for most people, yet it is surprising the number of people who graduate with mediocre grades. So the point is, college degrees shouldn't be treated as equal or as a guarantee of a decent job. People should seriously consider what their gonna major in or whether they should pursue a degree at all especially if they don't try. The banks didn't force them to take the loans.