Slave to Student Loans

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. - Proverbs 22:7

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

I can't believe it. I just can't believe it! I'm free ... free from student loan debt! Free. FREE! After 20 years (over hal...

Monday, April 19, 2010

One more payment!

Just one more payment of $1300, and I'm free! It is difficult for me to believe that after 20 years of being in student loan debt hell ...

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

I can't wait until July!

My student loan repayment is right on track. I want to pay off the remaining $9k on my student loan by this July. Unfortunately, it will t...

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

$14k - and going down, down, down

Only 8 more months of student loan payments! Then I'm free!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Under 20k!

After sending in my most recent student loan payment, my balance is below 19k! I am so excited! I am still striving to get my student loan...

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Whiddling Down ...

I just made another payment on my student loan. The balance is currently around $24k. I think around $20k of the remaining $24k funded my ...

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Marty Nemko's Career Advice Website

There is a great career advice website hosted by Marty Nemko: http://www.martynemko.com/ . He addresses a variety of topics related to mak...

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About Me

Shanasta: I am a 30-something engineer and student loan slave, the Kunta Kinte of the modern day. I believe that knowledge is power, but that you shouldn't have to pay tens (or hundreds) of thousands of dollars for it as I did. Obviously if I got myself into this education debt mess, then I'm an idiot and everything I say should be doubted and questioned. As the great Leonard Bernstein said, "As a teacher, I have the right to be wrong."

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