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Originally Posted by bigrobwoot
I read it as, "Everyone should be required to attend not only high school, but 2 years of higher education after that." That is what I was arguing against. And I feel that the necessary programs are already in place for people that want to go to college, but can't afford it. How do I know? I'm one of those people. My family isn't on welfare, and they help out occasionally when they can, but I pay for the majority of my education/housing/food/books/whatever via loans and grants.
I'm not trying to demean you in anyway, I honestly don't know: was the FAFSA around when you went to school? Did you ever use it? Do you know what it is? It is a GREAT resource for people without money that want an education. I was offered ~$8,000 per semester this year in grants and loans. That covers everything I need it to.
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My entire college education was paid for with a fafsa loan, aside from the portion that was paid for by the taxes that prop up the California state college system. Then I got a job here at in Reno at igt and paid off my loans in a bit under 5 years.
Really the only thing that irks me about student loans is that it means many graduates enter the job market in the red. You start your first career job already a serf to the corporate system. That's not exactly giving everyone a baseline shot at success... what that does is ensure a fresh workforce that can't easily start competing businesses and instead has to jump right in to working for "the man" before the loan payments cath up with you.
But honestly, my issues with college level education are so so so far down on my list of things wrong with America that I'd consider them off the radar. As far as education is concerned the priority problem is with primary education and it's total lack of accountability towards the quality of students it produces. I'm not really down on higher education as I stands, and I would actually consider the federal loan and grant programs some of the better programs put together by the govt.