boondoggles

Nearly a decade after walking across the stage for graduation with my class and nine-and-a-half years after leaving college with $26,000 in loan debt, I still have $26,000 in loan debt. I have worked full-time as a teacher for nine years, my wife has taken on a side job several times, and I have taken on summer work. Granted, we have had higher priorities in this time than the eradication of loans that don't even expire under bankruptcy, but it's a bit ludicrous that someone who works in a field that requires a college degree cannot reasonably hope to pay off the debt from that degree within a decade.