In my profession, there are a couple of forgiveness programs that are strangely applied.  I have taught for more than ten years in a high-poverty school district, yet I do not qualify for either of these programs.  WHY?  Because I do not have the" right kind of loan!"  This is exactly the statement that comes back on m...more

Way to go Anonymous!  Thank you.

Not surprising, but very , very sad. To think that hate and ignorance is still bred--is still fostered--is exactly what keeps us held back--is exactly what keeps us from unifying and going strongly forward as one nation. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy.

Never did,  The drift was clear--even to a rather casual Beatles fan.

sewing for me--remaking my aunts' skirts and dresses into school clothes  buying shoes from the shoe factory that would match my remade outfits growing a fabulous philodrendron and tying a string around the top of the kitchen for it to grow along aprons the crystal spoon jar in the middle of the table The li...more

What I find most frustrating is that my student loan debt does not qualify for the various reduction or forgiveness programs.  My debt is not the "right" kind of student loan debt.  I am a teacher in a high poverty district and have been for years.  I am a public servent who has been employed for years.  Teachers in my...more

I fully intend to die with a whole lot less than $10000.  Good grief!  If the funeral is paid for, who gives a razzle dazzle?  My kids make a lot more money than I; they don't need mine.

MSDN once again proves it sense of humor--regardless of the target.  Sins of the fathers--and all that.  I hope Mr. Romney doesn't have to pay--and I am one of those dreadful liberal Democrats.  It would set a precedent--and I have some pretty sketchy ancestors!

I get tired of 10-12 minutes of programming and then 5-7 minutes of commercials. I will conitnue to dvr, and I will continue to skip commercials.  Why should Disney care whether we view the commercials or not?  They have already sold the extremely expensive commercial space and have already received the pay.  It is the...more