The Beast That Swallows Its Young
December 3rd, 2009
Consider defaulting on your college loans.
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Is this fruition of my college years,
arriving in an envelope, business-size,
Sallie Mae Corporation letterhead?
This is to inform you that you
havent made a payment on your loan
since the winter of, italicized, 1997.
If at this time you cannot make
the monthly payment we set,
youll be required to remit to us
the balance in full.
You know, I dont reckon Ill pay—
what kind of fool
would feed the beast that swallows its young?
Would feed the beast that swallows its young?
Clearly, eightteen isnt ancient enough to drink
but ancient enough to sign a promissary
fascinating.
Military? Sure, join up.
And who can place a pricetag
on a top-notch education?
How about $50,000? $80,000? Well, thats
just for the textbooks.
But what exactly is the consequence
should I refuse to pay?
Is there still a Dickensian debtors prison?
Oh, there isnt? Well
If at this time you cannot make
the monthly payment we set,
well be required to revoke what every citizen fears:
your card for digging your hole deeper in debt
to the beast that swallows its young,
to feed the beast that swallows its young.
Everyone must go to university.
Without a excellent degree,
how will you pay the lenders
who staked you while attending university?
And everyone must grow the university.
This is to inform you that Ill never make a payment.
This is to inform you that Ill never make a payment
to the beast that swallows its young.
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I’ve been out of …
I’ve been out of college for over 2 years and this is exactly how I feel. I was so excited about going to college, graduating, and making something of myself. Now I question whether it was a excellent thought at all. Now I get to pay the cost of college back for the next 18 years of my life. btw, I went to a state college.
This is in …
This is in awesome Kresling, You’re like a in ukelele PUNK ROCKER!!
Sadly, this video …
Sadly, this video has a whole lot of truth in it. Its a vicious cycle- want a excellent job nowadays? You need a really excellent college education. Get a really excellent college education, and you’ll have to work a terrible job to pay the bills off.
Students unite!!!! …
Students unite!!!! We are the thinkers of tomorrow!!! We need all the educational resources we can get!
fantastic song. …
fantastic song. brilliant
“Europe is …
“Europe is essentially a caste system.” Really right for Germany – very discriminatory.
wtf? First off, …
wtf? First off, people should be able to study whatever they want without the burden of such massive debts – education is a right, afterall. Also let’s not forget that schools are not just job factories – they are also there to add to society’s culture and for people to use their talents to better society. Unfortunately, not everyone is a genius at math and science.
Secondly, ANY undergrad degree is pretty much worthless nowadays. This means that whatever you study (whether ‘practical’ or not).
All my friends that …
All my friends that never went to college and have satisfying well paying careers are COMPUTER folk. Self taught. Universities have a primarily selfish goal of making more money for themselves. Rapes are hushed up but not at all uncommon on most large campuses. Everyone would rather freak out about the one at a High School dance because that is more rare.
Europe is …
Europe is essentially a caste system. What ever track you are at age 14 is essentially going to be your fate for the rest of your life. And speaking of “worker bee ability”, well…it’s only work. Don’t take yourself so seriously. And I do dull and unsatisfying and average paying work and I’d rather be doing something else. Oh well. And if you odn’t have the same mentality, then you have to accept the consequences of your desires.
Even people who got …
Even people who got solid degrees like engineering or medical have distress finding jobs because companies do not want to hire entry level employees/experienced workers only making a catch-22 because :rolleyes: training new engineers coming into the work force is that ‘other guy’s’ job :rolleyes:.
P.S. All my …
P.S. All my favorite writers NEVER GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE:
John Steinbeck
Ernest Hemingway
Scott Fitzgerald
Jack London
CUZ COLLEGE TAKES THE BALLS OFF MOST MEN BUT NOT THIS DARING KRESLING !
OK what did YOU …
OK what did YOU major in? Because it certainly wasn’t logic. The truth is our schools PROVIDE very few options for majors and ALL produce worthless graduates. In Europe, by contrast, someone who is mechanically inclined can go to school to learn how to work on cars and such. Not everybody has the blunt calloused worker-bee ability to hurl themselves into a dull, unsatisfying but “well paying” routine of empty meaningless garbage like you do.
One more thing, the …
One more thing, the author of this video should’ve spent more time on his mathematics than on his guitar. Maybe he wouldn’t have pursued that “French Classical Music Theory” degree and instead of a more practical major that’ll land him in a well paying career whereby he could pay off his loans.
Your “pleased friends …
Your “pleased friends who started their own businesses” probably have to interact with “the public” (you know who I’m talking about here; go to any bus stop or police station and take a glance) more often than your “friends with advanced degree thingies”. I’d rather have a job with an advanced degree and a boat load of debt than to have a job, be debt free and interact with the proles on a daily basis.
by reading this …
by reading this message means you sit around and watch all day long with finacial aid money, and smoke crack and screw male prostitutes
Student loans DO ” …
Student loans DO “grow the university”. The colleges and Sallie Mae collude to raise the price of college so that the colleges get more tuition and Sallie Mae gets larger loan.
lol
lol
Well, have to admit …
Well, have to admit you have a point here, lol!
wasnt following …
wasnt following just watched the video and saw u ranting again.
Who has less of a …
Who has less of a life, the person commenting or the idiot that follows me around to comment on MY comments?
websites cost like …
websites cost like $90 a year. plus it probably makes him money.
lol dude ur still …
lol dude ur still here! get a life man
joker4747 hits the …
joker4747 hits the nail right on the head here!!!
Geeweeny, Brutal …
Geeweeny, Brutal Freedoms, WTF?? For you people ALL freedoms are ‘brutal’. You crave the control over the populace as you reckon you could ‘manage’ it more effectively than people choosing their own destiny. I despise you socialistic, friendly fascist scum. As to how I managed the University system surrounded by America haters I will never know…
This is stupid on …
This is stupid on multiple levels. First, student loan payments don’t grow the university; the school already got paid by Sallie Mae and isn’t impacted by whether or not the lender gets paid. Second, you’re feeding the beast more by not paying, because they’ll add interest and attorney/late fees, then collect it from the guarantor (the government). Third, they will eventually garnish your wages/social security/tax refunds. Fourth, how is it you can afford a website but not minimum payments?