PostAWeek 15: The Davidian Blog - An Essay on Alleviating
Student Loans
By David “Already in the
Red” Dysart
I did a short little essay for a
student loan repayment competition. I then subsequently found out that they
only wanted a tweet-long answer, so I figured I would toss what I wrote up here
on the PostAWeek.
If I was so desired, I could cite
sources that would support a lot of the assumptions I make (though that doesn’t
make what I’m saying true), but I don’t really care enough for all that
business (though it might make for an interesting Thesis ‘,:-{|>
Here’s how I reduced it for the
tweet entry:
More work-for-education plans
available to student. Organizations pay for schooling for a work-commitment
from students
I probably should have looked up
what that was called :/
What I busted out when I read the
prompt:
I think a fundamental paradigm shift
in education financing could keep young people going to school. Especially in
the face of mounting economic uncertainty and fear. It’s very intimidating to
think about all of the student loans we’re going to rack up just to get a
degree.
If more organizations and fields
started education financing-for-work programs, it could keep people in school,
and in a way that doesn’t have the same ominous overhang of “debt,” a mounting
crisis that is likely to pop like other recent bubbles.
Rather than school leading to debt,
these programs are allowing us to see school leading to a for-sure job (though
maybe not in the best or highest-paying aspect of the field). This does require
a financial investment and gamble on the part of the organizations, but this investment
and faith on their part inspires loyalty and motivation from these students and
future employees. It could also lead to socially reinventing our future job
market.
The work environment has been
slowly whittled from one in which organizations are committed to their
employees and employees are loyal to their companies. If though, the
relationship between employee and employer was built early and during the
educational process, it would allow students to focus their abilities towards
that job and instill a sense of interconnectedness between them and the
organization while removing the fear of such extensive student loans.
I think that increasing the amount
of these programs solves several problems facing students and organizations
alike. It takes down the financial barrier of higher education, increasing job
outlook and security, increasing employee dedication, and removing the stress
from a burgeoning debt bubble.
Listening to
Supernatural
Twitter Tag
Who me? I’m just solving the #studentloan #crise. #NoBigDeal
or anything, only at the http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek15
Going faster than a
“Reply All” email, websites like mine will surely go your way
http://twitter.com/daviddysart All in
all, it’s just another post in the feed
http://daviddysart.tumblr.com/ I’m
gonna post some tumblrs
http://hangingonbelay.blogspot.com/
Got you stuck on my belay, on my belay like a figure 8
http://daviddysart.blogspot.com/
Posts become as vapid as a blogger out in Starbucks
http://tiny.cc/Facebook_DavidDysart
This site has got to be the most pretentious thing
The http my own website
is coming soon .com !!!! in all its Glory - and all its Horror
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I’m afraid. I am the David, and I am afraid that these blogs
are a complete waste of time (and these very topical quote parodies will be
lost on people)
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