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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