• tryplot@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Has worked alongside colleges to artificially increase tuition costs to the benefit of both

    Expects people to pay them for 90% of their adult life

    Shocked pikachu face when people figure it out and are mad.

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        9 months ago

        When I started college 15 years ago tuition for me was $7,000 per year. When I finished 4 years later, it was $12,000 per year. Things going up is normal. Things costing almost double within a few years is not.

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          Not to mention the “solution” people commonly throw around that Americans should skip out on college altogether since student loan interest and tuition is so absurdly high. “Just go to trade school!”

          Sure, let’s see how well our country fairs in 20 years when we have an extreme shortage of doctors, engineers, researchers, lawyers, teachers, architects, nurses, chemists, pilots, psychologists, economists, social workers, etc.

          The people who benefit from the unsastainably high tuition rates we have today will be dead by the time these consequences realize. We shouldn’t sacrifice our way of life so a few greedy inhumans can gorge themselves on more money than they could ever spend.

          Civil disobedience by not paying these loans back is far from enough. I say we make heads roll.