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2016 Postmortem

cr8tvlde

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2. Thanks to the NYC and the NDEA Government Funds back in the 60's

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2012, 06:38 PM

Aug 2012

Neighborhood Youth Corps funded my high school job.

Two years of free (mostly) community college.

Two years of NDEA loans ... National Defense Education Act ... to graduate with BA. Each year I taught in a Title 1 school (disadvantaged/low income) and also same district I graduated from, 1/4 of my debt (at 3.9%) was retired.

I have always been grateful for the generous government programs without which it would have at least been much harder and taken longer.

So, that's a big part of why I'm a Democrat.

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I am waiting for one person in Big Media to point out to Ryan Doctor_J Aug 2012 #1

Thanks to the NYC and the NDEA Government Funds back in the 60's cr8tvlde Aug 2012 #2