Pros And Cons Of Drowning In Debt

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Drowning in Debt "I 've had to compromise who I am . . . because I started down a path that I couldn 't turn away from. Student loans aren 't hope. They 're despair."(Rolling Stone) College students are the future of America, yet many of them are being punished for getting a college degree. They are told that college degrees are the right thing to do, and will get them a better job. But they are not being told about the debt that comes with it. You go visit colleges, see their campuses, and are sold. You apply for student loans, and it all seems great, except one thing went wrong, no one told you what you really needed to know about student loans. No one seems to care that the future of our country, is literally, drowning in debt. Students should be aware of what they are getting themselves into, before it is too late. A student loan can be easily defined as “an agreement by which a student at a college or university borrows money from a bank to pay for their education and then pays the money back after they finish studying and start a job”(Cambridge). Understandably, most families cannot afford to pay for all four years of college, so students turn to taking out a loan. The price of a college …show more content…

Strictly because most countries do not require people to pay for that education. In other countries they do not have to pay to get a college degree, it is paid for through taxes, just like their free health care. The education there is not bad either. America may have wonderful universities, but when has anything bad been said about international universities? Think about it, America is seeing a low demand for jobs, and low income salaries. The children of today, are tomorrows future, so why should they be at a disadvantage? Morally, free education is the right thing to do, as well it is not an impossible

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