Korean Job Discussion Forums

[recessiontime]

[methdxman]

[RMNC]

[Vix]

I am 24 now, went to a good uni and have no debt at all. I have never even had a credit card. You can hate me a little if you want

[nfld_chingu]

Vix, I do hate you

I borrowed about $60,000 for school. The government "forgave" close to $10,000 of that, leaving me with about $50,000 to pay off. In the past three years since I graduated, I have paid $12,000 of it, leaving me with $38,000 debt.

[Silly-leaf]

I owe around $35,000 Canadian. I've had a few grants that have kept it down but I'll still be paying around $400 a month when I graduate in April according to my most recent student loan document.

[goniff]

you actually have to pay for a Canadian "education"?

talk about money for old rope...

[Taya]

I managed to get by without any student loans. I lived with my parents while in university, I got a small scholarship that paid for just one semester, my parents paid for my second semester, and I worked part-time (and full-time during the summers) to pay for the rest. My parents also contributed money here and there for textbooks. They gave me a loan so I could buy a laptop and I paid it back as soon as I could. In short: I'm very grateful for my parents.

nfld chingu: I assume from your name that you're from Newfoundland like me.

[Catfisher]

Almost $30,000. All paid off now as well as all credit cards. I'm a debt slave to no one.

[the ireland]

Zero, nothing, nada, zip, zilch etc etc etc

3rd level education is free (well was free now that's changed a bit in the past 2 years or so). I worked throughout college to pay for my rent and bills so I didn't every need a loan.

My masters was also free. The country maybe fooked now but it looked after me getting my education......this actually could be one of the reasons it's fooked (only kidding, it's the banks and governments )

I've never had credit card debt either, I refuse to pay banks interest for my purchases. Everything gets paid off in full within the month limit. If I can't pay it off, I don't buy it.

[nfld_chingu]

[SarcasticGuy]

[AsiaESLbound]

[Draz]

[warmachinenkorea]

Wife and I had about $60,000 in student loans and around $2000 in credit cards. I was a SPED teacher and she couldn't find a job in the social work field. We were digging a slow grave. We lived below our means and still couldn't get ahead. We came to Korea in Sept. 2008, and are now down to $38,000. We have gone home twice and took some small vacations. We are now gonna attack the $38,000 more by forgoing vacations.