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Frustrated college graduate tries to sell her college diploma on eBay for $50,000 - [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | August 27, 2015 | Carly Stern

Posted on 08/27/2015 10:53:59 AM PDT by C19fan

One recent college graduate is so frustrated with her lack of job prospects that she's attempting to sell off her college degree - for $50,000. Stephanie Ritter, a 26-year-old Florida State University alum, has listed her diploma on eBay for the staggering sum to cover the 'actual cost' of attending the school. Now $40,000 in debt and living in Southern California, Stephanie is fed up with being unable to find a job in her field, despite having a Bachelor's degree - so she's come up with a drastic solution to pay off her loans and 'validate my use of time between 2007-2011'.

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KEYWORDS: college; debt
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To: WayneS

“Art therapy” is using painting, music, or other arts to help the mentally screwed up. The therapist needs to be an artist, but the whole thing is really about guiding the mentally screwed up patient in using art (painting, particularly) to express his problems and deal with them. It’s supposed to be particularly helpful with abused children.

There aren’t many jobs in the field, and they don’t pay well.

Taking out student loans to pursue an Art Therapy degree is terribly risky.


81 posted on 08/27/2015 2:22:08 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: C19fan

She should have opted for the degree in Lesbian Dance Theory, better job prospects in SoCal.


82 posted on 08/27/2015 2:56:00 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: C19fan

Some attention whore victim needs to be more creative in getting attention, now that she’s out of college. It’s so easy to be the victim in college.

On the other hand, I can sympathize with those students who took on huge debt for college not realizing they would have to pay it off eventually. Everybody does it! She wants Hillary! or some other Socialist to make tax payers pay off her loans. She’s bringing her desperate need to the newspapers.


83 posted on 08/27/2015 6:09:54 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: sparklite2
To make matters worse, he opined, they never even taught him how to type.

Learning how to type is probably the smartest thing I ever did.

84 posted on 08/27/2015 7:01:18 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: C19fan
...in debt and living in Southern California...

I have a solution for Stephanie. For a price.

85 posted on 08/27/2015 7:08:46 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (You all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas.)
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To: tbw2
Too many people have fallen for the “do what you love and you’ll get rich” mantra, without searching first for ways to actually earn a living wage for it.

Reminds me of the saying: "Follow your dream . . . but die broke!"

While my father always said, "You have to like what you do," not all of us are lucky to find a job in which we have passion. Sometimes just having a decent job where you find some pleasure & competence is enough. Especially when you're either surviving or working to support others.

I foresee a lot of conflicts among those who were told to "do their own thing" versus taking more substantial employment for the sake of marriage, children, etc. Being practical makes a person marriageable -- and marriage minded. I don't think kids are truly being prepared for marriage.

86 posted on 08/27/2015 7:15:11 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: MoochPooch

It was the only useful thing I learned
out of four years in the USN. LOL


87 posted on 08/27/2015 7:57:09 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Voting is acting white.)
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To: catnipman

“Just whores and skanks. “

And not very many of them at that.
__________________________

Heh.
“The food was terrible and
the servings were too small.”


88 posted on 08/27/2015 7:59:19 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Voting is acting white.)
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