Fallout on Main Street: College Debt 101 in Bloomington, Indiana

[MrFaisel34]

Poor fools, they don't know they've already reached the pinnacle of their career. The striven college degrees are beside the point.

Anyway, when the dollar falls, probably within the next 10 years, maybe this debt will disappear. If not, welcome to slavedom part III.

Please join the move to oust Dr. Amy Gutmann at the University of Pennsylvania from her position as president.

[avataz]

English and African Dispora? What a dumb fuck

[peteyvogt]

@FaithLoveHopeLiberty yeah waiting tables sucks even though mother bears is actually one of the best places in town to get a serving job at because we are always extremely busy

[pedrogregorio]

"Your damned if you do, your damned if you don't"

very very true

[FaithfulAndTrue1]

I hope you tipped these young chaps!

[Loodirros]

The sad part is that some of the students in this video are studying majors that are very unlikely to land them a high-paying job and will be paying of the debt for a large chunk of their lives leaving less likelyhood to buy a house or even retire.

Thank you baby boomers for screwing us over. Hope the cheap gas and cable tv were worth it.

[YtothemuddafukinT]

Loodirros,

I'm sure Obama has a plan to make sure you help you pay that tuition.

[theproplady]

@Loodirros Exactly. When I heard the kid who wanted to get a degree for photography, I thought: What for? Just buy some equipment and some books on the subject, teach yourself, build a portfolio, and then do freelance work. You don't need to shell out thousands of dollars for a creative career like this.

[peteyvogt]

@theproplady you have a better chance for getting a job at like national geographic or something of that nature if you have a degree

[theproplady]

@peteyvogt Yeah, but how many of those top-end types of jobs actually exist? (I suppose a degree would give you an edge in getting them, but you have to weigh that edge versus the potentially crippling costs of a college education.)

[peteyvogt]

@theproplady basically the only reason i am defending that dude is because he is my brother and all the people in this video im friends with and you wouldnt believe how many people work there with degrees and cant get a job there are at least 4 or 5 people there that have degrees from the kelley school of business and cant get a job and same with the jacobs school and it sucks to see all these great people working at a fucking pizza place because they cant find a job

[theproplady]

I'm not saying that a college degree is useless on all counts, but I've seen so many people spending 50K and 80K on degrees for creative jobs that will never offer the type of pay needed to pay off loans and lead a comfortable life. So many degrees are overvalued and worthless. You have to be really careful when selecting a school these days.

[YtothemuddafukinT]

The hell with both of those schools. Rose-Hulman for the win, niggaz!

[bEEarCUB]

@YtothemuddafukinT

I loved ROSE, and almost everyone gets a good job after graduation, but you better love math and science if your a student there (and like loans or have a lot of money).

I think a lot of people would rather swallow jacks.

[YtothemuddafukinT]

Swallowing jacks isn't that bad, its passing them out the other end that sucks. Fortunately, the ass reaming rose gives prepares you for all that.

[eitkoml]

That's what you get for going to IU. Purdue Engineering Represent!!!

[waverly2468]

College is a roach motel. You can enter but you can't leave until you lose all of your money. It's like one of Jigsaw's death trap in "Saw V", except it's worse.

[JetRanger0007]

Boy I couldn't Agree more, but you can't tell these people that, its all a myth !