Re: student loan forgiveness
Posted by jeff davis on 2/06/08
On 10/19/07, Julie M. wrote: > I also found out what a bunch of horse pucky the whole teacher > loan forgiveness program is. My first loan funded in August of > 1998, becaused the semester started in August. So of course it > is before the October 7, 1998 cutoff. Now isn't that just > convenient. I don't know what we can do about this kind of > crap. I wrote to my state senator and was told, sorry, we > didn't make the rule. There should be some way we could ban > together and fight this! > > > On 9/20/07, Susan Stumm wrote: >> >> On 1/09/07, ncm wrote: >>> On 8/05/06, Douglas Freiwald wrote: >>>> What a sham!!! >>>> >>>> I can't believe I would get anything from the federal >>>> government. I applied for the student loan forgiveness >>>> program after teaching in Title I school and I was turned >>>> down. I guess working and going to school(prior to 1998) >>>> and taking care of my wife and children was selfish of me. >>>> This is the second time the federal government has screwed >>>> me on traing programs with narrow minded legislation. >>> >>> know what you mean. I got my sped degree between 1996-1998 >>> and didn't qualify either. All my younger colleagues >>> qualified, yet I got screwed. Is there any way to petition >>> congress on a change? >> >> I have been working in a Title 1 school since 1999. They say >> that I'm not elegible for any type of forgiveness because I >> didn't sign up with the Apple Program before I graduated. I >> was never informed of the program. What can I do? My loans >> have been acrruing interest for years!
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