Author: payingoffmystudentloan

The working poor with the wrong degree!

Most of us do not understand the challenges with taking out student loans.    She could make more by using her skills learned while she was earning her doctorate.  Doctors know how to write well.  A job is not a solution for repaying back a student loan.  Teachers know how to teach and create course

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5 Reasons Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Stands Out

She’s Still Paying Off Student Loans
“Oh heck yes,” Ocasio-Cortez told Elite Daily when asked about loans. “I’m definitely still paying these off.” She campaigned on canceling all student debt and offering free tuition.

10 Things Millennials Should Do to Get Rid of Student Loan Debt

So here are my top 10 tips to get rid of student loan debt so you can get on to other important things in life (like traveling, inventing, and jamming). 1. Make friends (or at least amends) with your debt. Student loan debt is currently hitting the US in a huge way (as in over

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World War II veteran, 96, receives college degree more than 60 years after his last class, report says

World War II veteran Bob Barger, assisted by Haraz Ghanbari, University of Toledo director of military and veteran affairs, left, smiles after receiving his diploma at the university’s commencement ceremony on Saturday in Toledo, Ohio.  (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)   Several decades after last attending class, a 96-year-old World War II veteran on Saturday reportedly received

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How student loan companies pretend to be your friend

Private lenders are using free movies and happy hours to entice people to refinance their student debt Are you one of the 44 million Americans drowning in student loans you fear you’ll never pay back? Worried that you’ll be in the red for the rest of your life? Well, why not forget about your spiraling

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Was it worth getting a student loan?

I started this blog to document my thoughts and to do research about paying off my student loans.  I search frequently on the internet and other media resources for stories of why and how other people have successfully paid off student loans.  As a teacher, the amount of education decides how much you can earn

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Supermarket Censors Teen’s ‘Summa Cum Laude’ Graduation Cake

A cake celebrating a South Carolina teen’s high school graduation turned into a not-so-sweet surprise when a Publix supermarket censored the inscription “summa cum laude.” The grad’s mom, Cara Koscinski, said she ordered a cake online from her local Publix for a graduation party for her 18-year-old son, Jacob. The store allows customers to customize cake

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Navy mom surprises daughter in Texas after 7-month long deployment

close Video Navy mom surprises daughter after 7-month deployment Navy Chief Petty Officer Marqueta Grant surprises her third grade daughter at school in heartwarming homecoming in Texas. A third-grade student at an elementary school in Texas got a special surprise Tuesday during lunchtime when her mother was brought home a day early after a seven-month

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8 Frozen Margarita Recipes That’ll Silence The Shamers

If you’ve ever felt a nagging sense of shame every time you crave a frozen margarita, you shouldn’t. But statements like these may be the reason you feel that way: “There’s no shame in frozen cocktails.” “Purists disdain frozen margaritas.” “Frozen cocktails carry a good deal of baggage in the cultural imagination. … Your first

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