One of the drawbacks to doing a four year degree, followed up by a postgraduate teaching qualification, is that you end up with five student loans instead of the usual three. That’s what I did and, because I compounded the error by refusing to earn flipping great wodges of cash, I’m still paying the things off a decade later.
No matter: the debt is nearly cleared. What delighted me was the fact that, when I rang this morning, the Student Loans Company’s automated telephone holding system started playing “Can I kick it?” by a Tribe Called Quest. A fine choice, and one calculated to inspire me to better and brighter things:
If you feel the urge to freak, do the jitterbug
Come and spread your arms if you really need a hug
Afrocentric living is a big shrug
A life filled with *HORN* that’s what I love
A lower plateau is what we’re above
Feel free, drop your pants, jack your hey-ya…
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After a three-year degree, two-year Master’s degree and a year-long PGCE, I empathise. The day I finished paying off those student loans was a great one. It still strikes me as a crap idea. I funded my education with up to five part-time jobs at a time, and regularly fell asleep in the library as a result, but it was worth it to only have two student loans. Talk about normalising debt - no wonder we’re hitting a credit crisis.
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I’m over my head in student loan debts, so I deeply feel the sting in this post. I’ll have retired before paying them off… Bastards.
Nice to return to your blog. Thank you for the notes on mine. I was very touched.
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