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Funny, because I have no way to see what my state is. How I live, subscriptions etc. So everything comes at a surprise.

The "college loan due" really came as a shock. I had a college degree??

College degree, working a 9$ / hr job. Not saying this is impossible, but probably not the case of most college degree holders.

Maybe technically most, but with an estimated 25% of collet graduates being overqualified for their jobs, the situation is all too common, especially for those outside if STEM.

http://time.com/money/4658059/college-grads-workers-overqual...

Depends how many millennials you talk to.

My young friend has a PhD in physics; published and respected. Drives a bus.

There's something missing here.

How long ago did he finish his program? Is your friend limiting his search only to jobs in academia? Is he capable of getting a security clearance? What's your gauge of "respected"?

There are many government and industry jobs for fresh Physics PhDs right now.

Gave up on academia after a year; took another year and a half to find a high school physics teacher job

Yeah, that makes absolutely no sense. There are MANY office jobs that pay better than driving a bus. Does he have mental health problems?

Or part of one?

Heck, there are a lot of people still paying off debt from ITT Tech; you can get Pell grants reduced if the college closes while you're attending, but not private ones.

> you can get Pell grants reduced if the college closes while you're attending

I think you mean Stafford loans. Grants, by definition, do not need to be repaid.

Shoot, yeah. I thought "the federal one" and didn't sanity-check that, thanks.

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