Debt

I hate debt.

And I hate feeling like my Master's degree was a waste because it left me with a hefty amount of debt (about the same as a really fancy car), but no high paying job to pay down the debt quickly or justify such a lofty education.  I fumbled through 9 months of unemployment & my now steady paychecks are quickly eaten by said debt.  I can write "MA" next to my name.  Whoopdee-freakin-doo.  If I hadn't gone for my Master's, I could be debt-free right now.  My paychecks wouldn't look so small at the end of the day.

Was it worth it?  Maybe eventually it will be.  I pray-hope-BEG it will be worth it.  I like money.  And I like having it, not losing it.

In today's rough & tumble economy, do you think higher education is worth the expense?

*Sigh*

I'm edumacated!

"Well gee, that there is a mighty fine looking piece of paper ya got yourself sitting there on that there table over yonder."

"Thank you kindly.  I now join the ranks of only 9.4% of the United States population 25 years & older that hold a graduate degree.  My brain is full of worldy knowledge & I now face a boat load of debt.  And I'm unemployed."

"But that there is one mighty fine looking piece of paper."

"Yes, yes it is."

"I especially like the gold filigree."

*Sigh*