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She was promised about a $5000 grant toward her loan debt if she promised to teach in Title I schools for 8 years. These are some of the most horrific schools in Jacksonville, Florida. As she worked toward that goal, she paid and still pays on time, every month and has never taken a deferment or gone into forbearance. Every time she contacts the lenders to see about reworking her loans and hopefully get them in a more manageable shape, they talk in circles and don’t explain anything. So, after 10 years she is still teaching in Title I schools, has received no grants or credits to her loan, and her loan principle has not gone down at all! Similarly, my granddaughter was being lured by the Art Institute for classes there and she really wanted it bad... but they wanted her to start paying a $500-plus note right away, before school even started. She lucked out by attending a local junior college. But I see a lot of these For-Profit “colleges” pop up around town and then a few years down the road they close their doors and the students are left scrambling for transferable credits and get no money back. That’s really messed up. I understand that they have been lured in by the pitch like my granddaughter, but they apparently had no one like me scouring over their FAFSA. So... my suggestion to ALL politicians is to concentrate on the lending practices of
Re: Our Newest Readers Weigh In AC has become one of my favorite reads. Even if P.J. ever has an off month (highly unlikely), the rest of the writers more than make up for it. – Dave C. The articles are insightful, thorough, and interesting! Please keep them coming! – Cliff F. P.J. O’Rourke comment: Dave and Cliff, we love you. (And would you mind if we clone you 10,000,000 times?) Re: Our ‘Politics’ Issue I am a registered Democrat and I don’t really want America to become a Socialist state, but I have some genuine concerns about the Student Loan Debt. Here’s why. My daughter went back to school after a divorce and was pushed by voice teachers to go to Florida State University. It was very difficult for her to be away from home AND be a non-traditional student. She resided for a time in a church sponsored house, but eventually found a roommate and moved into an apartment. She received no grants, so she took out several loans to cover school expenses and to subsist. She ended up foregoing the Voice Performance route as a very gifted mezzo- soprano, and became a teacher.
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