#95 – In My Thirties Most of My Student Loans Disappeared

This week, we're talking about student loans and what it really cost to do what everybody told millennials to do: the $99,900 Jocelyn owed on one accounting degree, the for-profit college behind most of it, the class action lawsuit, the borrower defense claim, and the day her balance dropped to $34,000. We also get into the hairstylist who told clients to stop texting when they arrive, why tips are optional, whether doctors should make more than teachers, and the Long's versus Hart's donut update Indianapolis has been asking for. Whether you're navigating student loan debt you signed for before you understood it, customer service that expects you to serve it, or a city that will pray for you over a donut opinion, this episode will feel like sitting with two friends who truly get it. New episodes every Wednesday. Follow the podcast everywhere you listen.

Show Notes• A coworker who thought bugaboo was a term of endearment

• The hairstylist who told clients to stop texting when they arrive, and why Jade says the text is how you find out she is not ready

• $100 an hour, no seating area, and what stylists think customers owe them

• Jocelyn, a prescription, and a pharmacist with an attitude

• Tips are optional: Jocelyn tips well and says it anyway

• Teachers deserve more money, and teaching has always been honest about the pay

• Should doctors make more than teachers? Jade says they go to school longer, Jocelyn says the teachers are the ones teaching them

• The no zero grading policy and what a B used to be

• How college got pushed on millennials starting in elementary school, and why community college got treated like a punishment

• Ten years to graduate, every college we went to, and the Ivy Tech rule

• Jocelyn's student loan story: $99,900 on an accounting degree, two years at DeVry, the refund checks, the class action lawsuit she found on TikTok, the borrower defense claim on the federal student aid site, and the discharge that took her down to $34,000