tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316287167964751654.post2291655134582112980..comments2023-07-30T01:30:51.715-07:00Comments on Witch.Words: Want A Student Loan? Show Us Your Finances First.Jadelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11119504965056881450noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316287167964751654.post-58420157986356230952011-04-27T08:59:45.340-07:002011-04-27T08:59:45.340-07:00Like banks charging the highest fees to the lowest...Like banks charging the highest fees to the lowest-balance account holders. They seem to have it ass-backward. The point is "aid", it's right there in the name, Financial Aid office. It's for helping people who need it. That's what "aid" means. >.<Jadelynhttp://witch-words.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316287167964751654.post-34056209090471014902011-04-27T08:40:10.016-07:002011-04-27T08:40:10.016-07:00Yeah - and note that they're not saying no one...Yeah - and note that they're not saying no one should have student loans, only people who <i>need</i> them shouldn't have them. If you can pay it back with confidence, and don't need the money, then they'd be happy to give it to you.CaitieCathttp://twice-immigrant.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316287167964751654.post-1936824901311441952011-04-26T22:01:31.343-07:002011-04-26T22:01:31.343-07:00That's fucked up. Just cause he was renting f...That's fucked up. Just cause he was renting from family instead of a stranger, they took the family's finances into account. Ugh.Jadelynhttp://witch-words.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316287167964751654.post-53705729626713802362011-04-26T21:55:26.263-07:002011-04-26T21:55:26.263-07:00Back in the late 90's, my husband got turned d...Back in the late 90's, my husband got turned down for a college loan because his parents made too much money. He was 32 at the time, and had just moved back in with them (as a renter no less) for the first time since he moved out three days after his 18th birthday.<br /><br />Which just goes to show the outrageous levels that are gone to to make college inaccessible to most everyone who isn't already wealthy in and of themselves.ladyneevanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316287167964751654.post-12522246695508622632011-04-26T12:43:06.687-07:002011-04-26T12:43:06.687-07:00Basically, yeah. I think that "cash flow col...Basically, yeah. I think that "cash flow college" is supposed to mean "cashflow --> college" or something like that. As in, if you can't already afford college, you don't deserve it! Which, lolsob, it's another can't-win. If you're too poor to afford college, you shouldn't take out loans to afford college with. If you are un- or under-educated and thus can't get a good job, go (back) to school and get a degree so you stop needing government assistance! Basically, just magically be rich already and stop needing government assistance!Jadelynhttp://witch-words.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316287167964751654.post-29574680903559213792011-04-26T12:04:30.212-07:002011-04-26T12:04:30.212-07:00I'm so freaking lucky I don't have to pay ...I'm so freaking lucky I don't have to pay for school. I made a "documentary film" (about ten minutes long) for English class about the kind of debt people get themselves into, and it's entirely unfair. And that thing about the budget? Total invasion of privacy.<br /><br />I see that comment thread you're talking about: "That is my point exactly; students cannot assume that they will find a job when they graduate that will allow them to pay a loan. Thus, if it is that risky of an investment, they shouldn't take out the loan in the first place! Cash flow college. I realize that such a statement is akin to heresy in many places, but what is the alternative? Take out loans without even thinking about paying them off? Cross your fingers and just "hope it'll all work out"?" Umm... Are you actually suggesting people not go to college? 'Cause that sounds like what you're suggesting, lady. And that's STUPID. People without college educations? It's a *fact* that most of them don't live as well as people who do have a college education. And if they don't go to college and have crappy paying jobs and go on welfare, for some reason I'm fairly certain that this she's the same type of person who would go ahead and say they shouldn't get that money because it's their fault they don't have money in the first place.<br /><br />Poor folks from poor families should just stay poor, amiright?!VijiiShttp://fiercenerditude.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com