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As harsh as this may sound, she is not that smart, and the whole article reads like an implementation of natural selection with respect to personal finance. Su
by reacharavindh 8y ago
As harsh as this may sound, she is not that smart, and the whole article reads like an implementation of natural selection with respect to personal finance.
Sure, it is debatable that cost of U.S education is too high and loan companies are predatory. But, her case is not one that is emphasizing either of those problems.
She chose really expensive education options that wouldn't lead to a reasonable return, especially ones she could not afford, and didn't read the papers she was signing, and chose to top it off with another loan when she realized the earlier one was bad. After all of these, the article pleads sympathy from readers trying to shift the blame.
- zackbloom 8y ago1- You shouldn’t have to be smart to have a happy life. 2- The purpose of adolescence is to make mistakes and learn. Having those mistakes color decades of your life is not a great situation.
- justherefortart 8y ago3 - Maybe if discharging in bankruptcy were a real option, and not saddling kids with this ridiculous debt for life were possible they'd be more responsible in their lending. 11% on a fucking loan you can't get rid of? Obscene.
- reacharavindh 8y agoNothing is stopping her from having a happy life, except her own idiocy about spending money that she doesn't have on something that doesn't provide value in return. Think about it as an expense than "education", then you start to see the mistake for what it is. 2 - of course we make mistakes and learn. Small or big is up to us. But, the individual should own it, and not write an article about how unfair life is that it let them make those mistakes... I can always buy an expensive with the rent money for the entire year, but that's not life being unfair to me. It's my failure to see where the path leads in the short term.