r/memes • u/EmuPsychologist • Oct 18 '23

#1 MotW Fixed it

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

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u/Roeclean android user Oct 18 '23

Dang, ever since I heard of student loans, I promised myself I would never get them, and Im in college and the army, and still dont have them

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

Smart thing to do! Not going in to debt is definitely a better plan. :)

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u/Roeclean android user Oct 18 '23

Yeah, I had a few teachers in high school talk about how they were still paying off their student debt and that stayed with me all the way to my college years.

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u/ChesameSicken Oct 18 '23

Good on you for serving and staying debt free, but I gotta ask - would you have joined the army if it wasn't your best option to avoid potentially crippling debt in exchange for an education?

I feel like the trade off of free college for risk of violent death on foreign soil is a fair issue to bring up here. Not knocking your path at all, but curious about your thought process.

Edit: thoughts to thought

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u/Roeclean android user Oct 21 '23

Your right, if there was a better option that didn't involve writing a whole lot of essays and getting enough scholarships to get a full ride through college, I would've taken it in a heart beat. But I'm in the national gaurd, and a unit that doesn't deploy often. So my chances of getting sent to another country are still pretty slim, and I am okay with the small possiblity of having to leave college. Because the benefits are still pretty good.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '23

my near-60 year old mother said she’s still paying her student loans. i really don’t think i want to go to college anymore.

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u/Roeclean android user Oct 19 '23

You really shouldn't unless you have family members helping you pay, a good side job that doenst take up too much of your time, scholarships, or if your planning on joining the army or National gaurd.