That was my reaction when I found out, after law school graduation, how much my student loans would cost. I was 24. I was married. When we were growing up, my parents had to pry my brother s fingers from the steering wheel of the sports car he was restoring to ship him off to college. I couldn t wait.
Some kids have the time of their lives in high school, and weep uncontrollably at graduation.
I was never so happy to leave a place as I was that day. Then came fall quarter at my beloved Christian college in the Midwest. After just a month or two, in my box at the campus post office, came the letter from the cashier s office. It said, If you don t pay the thousands of dollars you owe, we ll slash your tires and steal your children. Ok, it wasn t quite that bad, but it felt worse.