Please note that Nora did NOT post the 8/31/08 posting from hmmm.

On 1/02/09, Nora wrote:
> FYI..There are forgiveness programs for medical professionals as
> well.
> FYI...Forgiveness Programs are available for medical professionals
> as well.
> On 8/31/08, hmmm wrote:
>> i know in texas, you can get a certain amount of your loan
>> forgiven if you teach at a title I school for a certain number
>> of years.
>>
>> i'm kind of curious as to why, though, you think teachers should
>> have their loans forgiven. i can see maybe if you are in a
>> high need subject area and positions are hard to fill or you
>> teach in a difficult environment (like inner city schools) where
>> it's hard to retain teachers, but i don't get loan forgiveness
>> for your regular teacher. that's just getting something for
>> free. why should you get a free education?
>>
>> p.s. i come from a medical family, and none of their loans have
>> ever been forgiven.
>>
>> On 8/29/08, kanwal lachhar wrote:
>>> On 8/08/08, Yvonne wrote:
>>>> I want to organize a grassroots effort that will help
>>>> teachers get their loans forgiven. The United States
>>>> Department of Education with the support of Congress will
>>>> only forgive teachers loans after 1998, if they paid off
>>>> all loans prior to October 1998. That means fellow
>>>> teachers if you have loans after October 1998 you will not
>>>> be allowed to get your loans forgiven. Many of you are
>>>> very distressed by this finding. I am a teacher. I am a
>>>> highly qualified teacher with a master's in special
>>>> education. I have been teaching 15 years. Recently, I
>>>> found out that I am not eligible for the government loan
>>>> forgiveness program because I have loans before October
>>>> 1998. I was shocked. I was told by the government and by
>>>> the university that I went to that if I taught in a
>>>> teacher shortage area my loans would be forgiven. So on
>>>> that note, I am asking that you contact me here at Care 2.
>>>> Let me know if you find yourself in this very devastating
>>>> position. It's time to stand up and be counted. We want
>>>> our loans forgiven. Congress forgives physicians loans and
>>>> we teach doctors. We work hard. We are overworked,
>>>> underpaid and unappreciated. Let’s tell congress just how
>>>> we feel. After all we touch the future, we teach.
>>

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