Getting Back to Social Work

The dreaded Direct Loans statement came in the mail today. I’ve been feeling pretty good so thought, what the hey, I’ll open it up this month. So, apparently the US Department of Education wants over $800 a month from me to pay back student loan for my Master of Social Work degree. Yeah right! Fuck you very much lenders!!! Seriously, you bail out the banks, a herd of greedy, amoral, vile, asshats that given a second chance decide to pad their own wallets, and you have the nerve to expect me to pay back $800 a month. At the same time you (mostly the cold hearted Republicans) want to defund and cut spending to mental health and social service agencies making the likelihood I will even find a decent paying job questionable. Therefore, I am basically donating a percentage of my time and money to this country, to the socially, economically, and mentally disadvantaged citizens. Throw a little of that bail out money to the social workers will ya! The teachers get the love with the loan forgiveness and most teachers I know are dumb as rocks. (to the teachers that read this, I don’t mean you But seriously, it takes a lot of nerve to charge a social worker the tuition many are charged and then only pay in the 30,000’s with a Master’s. Could it be because the majority of social workers are women, and women in this country are expected to get married, therefore making their paycheck “extra” money for the household? Possibly, but that is another blog post.  However,  I will be adding the word chump on my business card because that is what I feel like for spending 70 grand on an education that nets me 34 grand a year.   Jane Addams, MSW, and henceforth known as  the US Depart of Education’s bitch.  Maybe one day the collective we will value the mental well-being of children enough to pay those that work with underserved and disadvantaged children a living wage.

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