25 years old and deep in debt

[Phillip V]

My boss from Dartmouth said my ideas about getting rid of the bulk of liberal arts degrees was stupid.

Because her English degree from an IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL has worked out so well for her?

What's bad about being your boss?

[Ideologue]

Well, for starters, my boss is still a temp doing basically the same nearly-mindless work I do for the same or not significantly more pay.  Second, and before some cad says it first, doesn't the question answers itself?

[garbon]

Not everyone makes good use of a top tier education.

[Ideologue]

Not everyone makes good use of a top tier education.

Think of it as a career memento mori, Stanford.

[Phillip V]

Very few people are willing to "regret" past decisions, even horrible ex-lovers that abused and cheated on them.

February 18: So im definitely going to do my best to cut of all contact. If i even see him im going to act like he doesnt exist and carry on. I actually care about myself and my well being now and he just destroys that which is my own fault for allowing him to. If i end up talking to him i will consider myself a failure and deserve nothing so i better not! I know im not the best person but im not too bad and i have a good heart so i know i dont deserve how he treats me

Two months later in April I consented to my yearly "catch-up" meeting with her, and for the third time she had returned to the cocaine-using, impregnator-of-other-girls, former demoted Marine referenced above. I sighed and bid her adieu till next year's meeting.

[Ideologue]

Sometimes I suspect women don't actually like being treated well.

It's like not eating meat: I only do it because it's a moral imperative.

[Jacob]

Sometimes I suspect women don't actually like being treated well.

It's like not eating meat: I only do it because it's a moral imperative.

Plenty of people - men and women - don't know how to treat other people well, and mistake abuse for caring. They often find each other.

[Zanza]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dear-class-of-13-youve-been-scammed-2013-05-17

[Phillip V]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dear-class-of-13-youve-been-scammed-2013-05-17

LEARNING HOW TO THINK IS PRICELESS.

[Phillip V]

Sometimes I suspect women don't actually like being treated well.

It's like not eating meat: I only do it because it's a moral imperative.

But but... this young woman I quote recently earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.

[garbon]

Not everyone makes good use of a top tier education.

Think of it as a career memento mori, Stanford.

I guess so but when you do a comparison of graduation year ('07) to now, I come out ahead hands down. Almost like my disability year with depression didn't even happen.

[Neil]

and I don't think I've ever heard of anyone's score being checked for a job.

It happens, especially for people who want to work for US-based companies.  Your industry is a little unusual in their hiring practices.

[Phillip V]

Grads Shocked by Their Own College Debt

'70% of the college Class of 2013 owes, on average, $35,000 in student loan debt private and public, as well as debt owed on credit cards and from family loans... college graduates didn't see this burden coming -- the Fidelity study says that about 50% of new college grads are surprised by how much student loan debt they own and 39% of college graduates would have made different choices if they realized how much debt they'd pile up.'
...
"The number of graduates reporting surprise by the level of student debt they have accumulated is a big concern and shows that there is a considerable need for families to better understand the total cost of college," says Keith Bernhardt, vice president of college planning at Fidelity.

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11927336/1/grads-shocked-by-their-own-college-debt.html

[garbon]

What? How the fuck are they surprised? It isn't as if the amount of money a college costs is a surprise.

[Admiral Yi]

"The number of graduates reporting surprise by the level of student debt they have accumulated is a big concern and shows that there is a considerable need for families to better understand the total cost of college learn how to fucking read a letter.