OCCUPY STUDENT DEBT

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Private Student Loan Debt

I graduated from a local private college last May. I went back to school with elementary kids at home. I could not qualify for financial aid because my husband Makes $90,000.00 a year. Yes, that is a decent salary, but raising a family with so many fixed expenses in this economy is an obstacle. My tutition for this private college was $8,000.00 a semester. I also took out a little extra to make ends meet for gas, teaching expenses, etc. Fast forward one year I am now 43 years old with no teaching job. I have been subbing in the county for the past year, and there are 80 applicants for elementary education jobs in Grady County. If I do not receive a job soon, I will be forced to take any job because I can not keep Wells Fargo from hounding me everyday, three times a day. My payment is $679.00 per month. I also have a few more loans out, but that is my biggest and hardest to manage. The other loans range from $50.00 (which I have been paying) to 150.00 per month. So far I have paid $900.00 so far to Wells Fargo. I need to be worrying about retirement and putting my exceptionally gifted kids through college, but I am burdening my family with this debt. I am a Christain, but lately I have felt like killing myself over this!

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  1. Kimberly Hilbig submitted this to occupystudentdebt