Being as I am currently a student racking up debt, Education Nation's tweet about student debt hit home really fast. The tweet brought me to a website where I watched a short, thirty second video about student debt. I was not surprised to find out that tuition has gone up eighty-nine percent in the past couple of years. I found it interesting that student loan debt is higher than credit card and car loan debt. Of course, most people won't spend $33,000 (the average student loan debt) on their credit card but to know that more people are in debt for bettering themselves as compared to people spending money on god knows what strikes me as a little crazy. The last few seconds of the video go on to convince people that they're making the right decision by going to college, which I agree with but it also makes it seem like students will have no trouble finding a job and paying off their loans when they graduate. This, sadly, is not the truth.
You can watch this video here.
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