Posted on 08/28/2022 12:02:29 PM PDT by grundle
One of Richelle Brooks' dreams is to send her two children to college without taking out any loans. She knows firsthand how taking out a loan to pursue higher education can amount to crippling debt.
"My daughter wants to be an anesthesiologist. My son wants to be a computer engineer. Two little Black kids want this for their future," Brooks, 35, told Insider. "And this country is telling me it's impossible for me to get them there. It's a terrible, hopeless feeling."
Brooks borrowed $203,000 collectively to attend undergrad, graduate, and doctoral studies. And over the years, has accumulated over $30,000 in interest.
"Yeah, $240,000," Brooks said.
In 2020, she decided to politicize her inability to pay back her loans. Apart of the Debt Collective, she joined a group of strikers called the "Biden Jubilee 100," calling on the president to cancel student debt within the early days of being in office.
Brooks' American dream is simple.
"My hope is that if my student loan debt balance is canceled, I can start saving for them and planning for their future," she said. "But I'm also hoping that we can get a free college education so that I don't have to also worry about how to finance their future either."
Living in California as a single mother is financially taxing, she said. She works as a principal in South Los Angeles, a career which she adores, but she often has to have a side hustle to live comfortably.
With the burden of student loan debt, saving money for the future is not a luxury for many Black borrowers.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
In the engineering and science world, employers are often very happy to pay for employees' (relevant) graduate degrees.
She makes 6 figures!!!
The range is $99,000 to a high of $158,000 with the median at $127,000+ She can easily pay the debt! She is very stupid to run up a debt of $240,000 !
She can pay it all back in 5 years if she wanted to.
https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/school-principal-salary/los-angeles-ca
She is a principal in Los Angeles. Search on: ‘principal salary in los angeles’
She claims victimhood when she ran up the debt. Plus she can pay it off.
Agree! Go after the colleges!
I volunteered as scholarship director for over 20 years for a non profit. We advertised scholarships of $2K and would receive few applicants. Raised to $5K and even at that, few applicants. I believe the organisation is offering more now. Students are too lazy to fill out the application, write an essay, line up recommendations and send transcripts. The scholarship has to be $10K or more to attract their attention! I would have welcomed this opportunity at the $2K when I was a student.
I got an Accounting degree thanks to my employer
Not surprising.
I’d be surprised if someone got a degree in Minority Grievance Studies paid for by an employer.
-——Single Mother——
To be a single mother is a self imposed tragic condition.
Anyone racking up loans like that for nothing is no scholar and those loans were a waste of 240K. What did you really spend that money on lady? Livin’ large I would guess.
Heck with you woman.
How much does a principal in the LA school system make?
I'd guess close to 6 figures.
Richelle retains her African roots that disallow functioning as an assimilated American
Being unassimilated is in fact enslavement by her African values that take a village
Cultural analysis
And screw those lowly dogs who have to pay her debt.. (spit)
They paid for anything but the satellite campus where we studied only offered business.
I want a pony. And an F-14. And Malibu oceanfront property.
And a Pony. Did I already say I wanted a Pony?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.