Question: I’m a freelance writer working on a story about excessive student loan debt and the problems (financial and psychological) that is causes.

I’m looking to talk to anyone who’s accumulated a huge debt, but I’m especially interested in people who have gone to school, done well, and come out with a lot of debt, a liberal arts degree, and a lower paying job (like teaching) that virtually ensures that they’ll never be able to pay off their debt burden. Essentially, I’m looking for people who honestly went to college to educate themselves, to better themselves, to earn a degree to get a better job, but came out mired in debt (perhaps impoverished?) because of student loans.

I myself have accumulated about $70K in student loan debt (which I’ll probably never pay off) in pursuit of an undergraduate English degree and a Master’s degree in Journalism, so it’s a story that strikes close to my heart.

Answer: Psychological problems? Psychological problems? What makes you think we’d have psychological problems?

Hee hee hee hee hee …

Seriously, I had a post in this group … never mind, I’ll find it myself … hey, it turns out I already put it on my website. See http://www.geocities.com/student_loans_bankruptcy/ng_crush.htm

That’s the page that discusses people with crushing debt burdens.

You’re undershooting if you limit your scope only to English majors. In this newsgroup, we’ve heard from Ph.Ds. Check out e.g., the penultimate item on the aforementioned page. There’s another page on my website, summarizing hard-luck cases that actually went to bankruptcy court, as distinct from the more general-purpose ones mentioned on the newsgroup discussion page I cited previously. Also, the law review article (especially in footnotes) has quite a few examples of strange court decisions in the bankruptcy context. Let me know if you’ve got particular questions and maybe I can provide a pointer toward useful sources. I’ll have to try that one again later. Right now for some reason my system is telling me the page is unavailable. Any other links to your real identity and/or work?

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