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Originally Posted by Chi-Town
I paid off my student loan; didn't think much about it. Back then it was pay or don't pay and suffer the consequences and the stigma of a deadbeat. It took me five years to pay it back, but it was an investment in my future that had a lifetime benefit.
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Ditto here.
Back in the day (way back in the day) colleges offered work-study programs to supplement loans. My particular job was basically KP: peeling potatoes for 12 hours on Saturday for a buck an hour, two hours dishroom duty Monday through Friday after the dinner meal, and doing various and sundry other tasks at the whim of whomever happened to be in charge of the kitchen that day. Almost always large matronly women in white aprons who were pretty nice people. A buck an hour doesn't sound like much (come to think of it, it wasn't much) but considering that at that time a burger, fries and a coke at McDonald's meant that you got change back from your dollar and 15 gallons of gas set you back less than $6, it wasn't that bad.
And yeah. I paid back my loans. I'd have been ashamed not to.