Give Me Back My Five Bucks

So my friend who’s program got canceled a few days ago … he told me that they had a meeting with their professors, and the teachers are going to leave the school, get the program accredited on their own, and open up their own design school. Ballsy! So instead of him starting school next month, they’ll start up in January. They’ve spent years creating the curriculum, so they’re qualified – and now it’s just about getting studio space. Wow, that’s just insane. I really hope they can pull this off, because my friend is a talented designer. He said he’s … Continue reading →

4 or 5 of my former classmates have been laid off at some point this year. They all worked in media – whether it was a cameraman, or audio sound booth, or on-air personality, or script writer, etc. The market is tough out there, and everyone is trying to cut back. Well, I just found out yesterday that another classmate – who actually went back to school in order to sharpen his skills and kind of avoid this recession – is beginning to realize that he can’t escape the lagging economy, no matter where he hides. His 2-year program got … Continue reading →

I was reading Chitown’s blog Windy City Blues today through my RSS feed, and she was talking about what her financial plan was now that she’s done law school. I got to about the point in her post where she mentioned her student loan debt: $207k. Holy crap!!! It makes my $17k of debt look so small next to that amount … but perhaps it’s all relative to the careers that we have. Obviously she’ll make a lot more money than me since she went to law school, and all I have is a half-finished marketing degree and a college … Continue reading →

The past few days, I’ve been reading a message board about Canadian student loans. Basically, the hundreds of people who have joined this message board want the Canadian government (i.e. the tax payers) to pay off all outstanding student loans. They are starting a petition, and contacting politicians, etc. To me, this undermines all the hard work it took to pay off my student loans, and all the hard work my classmates are going through right now, trying to pay back what they owe. Yes, I understand that life happens, and sometimes your financial situation changes along with it. But student loans … Continue reading →

I am not a University graduate. I have 2 1/2 yrs. completed towards a BA. I was on a full athletic scholarship, but I left after my 2nd year. I guess I was homesick and burnt out from training so intensely for so many years. Looking back, it wasn’t anything I couldn’t suck up for another 2 years … but back then, quitting and going home seemed like a matter of life or death. I was such an idiot! And I can’t go back there and finish up my degree because I refuse to play elite level sports again. I … Continue reading →