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I know a grad student that slept in his car many nights.

And connected to: Financially Hobbled for Life': The Elite Master's Degrees That ...› financially-hobbled-for-li... Jul 8, 2021 — Recent film program graduates of Columbia University who took out federal student loans had a median debt of $181,000. https://www.wsj.com/articles/financially-hobbled-for-life-the-elite-masters-degrees-that-dont-pay-off-11625752773

1 posted on 10/31/2021 1:55:45 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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‘Financially Hobbled for Life’: The Elite Master’s Degrees That Don’t Pay Off

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2 posted on 10/31/2021 1:59:19 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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"Aimée Lê Aimée Lê"

What kind of phony baloney name is that? It's faux French. It marks its bearer as a kook. Her real name is probably something like Prunella Jones.

3 posted on 10/31/2021 2:00:42 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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Many professors are paid just to teach a class. It’s a lump sum for the class. Here it is called a P14.


5 posted on 10/31/2021 2:09:47 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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Despite having a university PhD, this woman is unable to understand why (1) everything in the world is not free (2) the disconnect between salaries and cost of living in the capital city (3) too many people for the available accomodation means some will be left out.
[Hint: uncontrolled immigration].


6 posted on 10/31/2021 2:26:11 PM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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"...her PhD on minority ethnic groups in American literature..."

I certainly guessed correctly on on the absolute worthlessness of her degree.

Whoever made that loan to her will never see the light of day on a payoff.

7 posted on 10/31/2021 2:28:25 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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12 posted on 10/31/2021 2:41:30 PM PDT by conservativeimage (Spark up a fire. Light up this place. Burn out this darkness and tear down the fear.)
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such a sacrifice for such a useless degree


13 posted on 10/31/2021 3:10:04 PM PDT by Redmen4ever
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Sometimes; Pride goeth before having no safe place to sleep or leave your wallet.
After all that remarkable determination and struggling, she still hasn’t found gainful employment. So it appears.
Maybe better off writing her memoirs about that experience and having someone help her to write a screenplay on it.
I’ll bet her parents were shocked and even angry with her.
“Is this how we raised you, to be so disorganized, unpractical and paralyzed by your pride?”


14 posted on 10/31/2021 3:13:26 PM PDT by lee martell
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Bright enough to earn PhD, but not bright enough to choose a “sustainable” field to pursue it in.

We have reached “Peak Woke Education,” lady.

Try to keep up.


17 posted on 10/31/2021 3:29:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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She's kinda lumpenstrudel for someone who has been roughing it.

How did she not seek a room on the cheap in exchange for cooking and cleaning? I would have hired her just for thrice-a-week cooking and cleaning, and in return she gets a key with round-the-clock access and all the bandwidth, electricity, hot water, consumer goods and food she can possibly consume -- which appears to be above-average.


21 posted on 10/31/2021 3:59:07 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, J&J, and MERCK)
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I applaud her initiative. Roughing it didn’t kill her, and perhaps having some skin in the game made her degree mean more to her. Hopefully she’ll find work in her useless field one day. Until then, there are lots of jobs available in productive sectors.


24 posted on 10/31/2021 4:43:00 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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