OCCUPY STUDENT DEBT

Student debtor stories submitted by the 99%

From OSD: This horror story below was submitted to us during the holidays and got stuck in our queue of hundreds stories submitted to us…So sorry it took so long to publish this :( ———————————————————————————————————————- I owe over $20,000 in student loans from grad school, at 6.8% interest. I have been job-hunting for a year and have only managed to land a very part-time contract position. I make $1,000/month and my rent is $800/month. You do the math. I can’t afford health insurance and ride my bike around San Francisco because I also can’t afford public transportation. I’m going to look into Food Stamps and Food Pantries for the first time in my life. I also can’t get my family any gifts for Christmas for the first time. I thought my 30s would be more stable than my 20s. I couldn’t have been more off in my assumptions. Happy Holidays.

From OSD: This horror story below was submitted to us during the holidays and got stuck in our queue of hundreds stories submitted to us…So sorry it took so long to publish this :(

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I owe over $20,000 in student loans from grad school, at 6.8% interest. I have been job-hunting for a year and have only managed to land a very part-time contract position. I make $1,000/month and my rent is $800/month. You do the math. I can’t afford health insurance and ride my bike around San Francisco because I also can’t afford public transportation. I’m going to look into Food Stamps and Food Pantries for the first time in my life. I also can’t get my family any gifts for Christmas for the first time. I thought my 30s would be more stable than my 20s. I couldn’t have been more off in my assumptions.

Happy Holidays.