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Zaka ziwiri zapitazo, ndinayamba ntchito yanga yoyamba yolembera m’nyumba ya pulofesa wodziwika ku New York City m’nyumba ya Greenwich Village. Ndinalipira madola mazana asanu kwa milungu isanu ya malangizo achangu nditakhala pampando wopinda pakati pa wowerengera wopuma pantchito yemwe adasindikizidwa kawiri mu Wall Street Journal ndi wamkulu wa HR yemwe adalemba nkhani yotchuka kwambiri ya Modern Love The New York Times Mbiri ya column. Kumeneko ndinalandira gawo langa loyamba: nkhani yochititsa manyazi.
Ndili ndi zaka makumi atatu ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi, nditalepheretsa ntchito ya mafashoni komanso kukhala mkonzi wachidule, ndinali kugwira ntchito ngati wothandizira wamkulu pakampani ina yazachuma - chikhumbo changa chofuna kulemba chinasinthidwa kukhala chosangalatsa. Ngati kunyozetsedwa kukanakhala kokulirapo kwa makina osindikizira mabuku, sindikanatha ntchito, ndinadzilingalira ndekha.
Komabe, panali chinsinsi chochititsa manyazi chomwe ndinalemba panthawiyo koma sichinasindikizidwe, kapena sindinayese, chifukwa ndinali ndi manyazi chifukwa cha zomwe ndapereka ku ngongole ya dziko yomwe tsopano ikukulirakulira kuposa $ 1.6 trilioni - cholemetsa chomwe ndinatenga kuti ndipeze mwayi wopita patsogolo. ndi kukhazikika kwachuma, ndi mwayi wokwaniritsa ntchito.
Monga mwana wamkazi wachitatu wa anthu awiri ochokera ku Latinx omwe adasamukira kumayiko ena omwe adalandidwa zosankha zawo zamaphunziro, silinali funso kuti ndingapeze digiri ya koleji. Ndinayenerera kulandira thandizo linalake ndipo ndinapatsidwa maphunziro ang’onoang’ono, komabe maphunziro anga apachaka ku Northeastern University anali kulipidwa ndi ngongole za ophunzira. Ndinali wophunzira wosokonezedwa, wokakamizika kulongedza ndandanda yanga ya kosi m’mlungu wamasiku atatu kuti ndikhale ndi masiku ena aŵiri, kuwonjezera pa kumapeto kwa mlungu, kugwira ntchito monga woperekera zakudya kumene ndinkapeza ndalama zokwanira zolipirira zolipirira.
Kupita ku koleji kunandiwonongera 0,000, zomwe zimandipatsa ngongole kwa Navient, yemwe kale anali Sallie Mae, zamtsogolo. Kudzipereka kwachuma kumeneku, komwe kunapangidwa nditamaliza maphunziro a kusekondale ndisanakhale ndi akaunti yanga yoyamba yowerengera, kumawoneka ngati njira yokhayo yopulumukira umphawi wabanja langa. Ndili ndi chiyembekezo chotuluka m’gulu la ogwira ntchito n’kulowa m’bwalo la akatswiri, ndinasaina ngongole ya moyo wanga wonse.
Ngongole ya ngongole ya ophunzira ili ndi ubale wolimba ndi kusalingana kwamitundu komanso kusiyana kwachuma, a Suzanne Kahn, mkulu wa Roosevelt Institute adauza. ZORA . Chifukwa ophunzira akuda ndi a Brown nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi chuma chochepa chabanja choti agwiritse ntchito akayamba sukulu, amatenga ngongole zazikulu; Ophunzira a Black ndi Brown akamaliza maphunziro awo, amakumana ndi tsankho lamtundu wamalipiro ndi kupatsidwa ntchito zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kubweza ngongole zawo.
Kuthetsa ngongole za ophunzira ndi nkhani yachilungamo.
- Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) Novembala 16, 2020
Ndinakhala zaka zinayi kumpoto chakum'maŵa, ndikumaliza maphunziro a 2005. Ndinakonza zolembera ku sukulu ya zamalamulo, mpaka ndinasankhidwa kuti ndikhale wophunzira wapamwamba - ngakhale kuti sindinalipire - ku Ralph Lauren ku New York, komwe ndinapereka ndalama za ngongole za ophunzira anga. Mwa kuyankhula kwina, ndinalipira, ndipo ndikulipirabe, chifukwa cha mwayi wogwira ntchito kwa iwo.
Pamene kusonkhanitsa pa ngongole yanga kunayamba nditamaliza maphunziro, malipiro apamwezi anali zosatheka. Ntchito zambiri zolowa m'mafashoni zinali zosalipidwa, ndipo omwe amalipidwa amapereka malipiro osowa popanda thandizo la makolo - zomwe aliyense m'gulu langa ankawoneka kuti anali nazo kupatula ine. Ndinavomera kuchedwetsedwa ndi kupirira mpaka njira zonse zitatha, ndikuchulukitsa ngongole yanga ndi chiwongola dzanja. Pokhala ndi tsogolo langa lazachuma lomwe linali lovuta kwambiri monga momwe ndinapezera ngongole, pamapeto pake ndinakakamizika kukhala woyang'anira kuti ndikhazikitse ndalama zomwe ndimalandira, zomwe zinaphatikizapo kupereka pafupifupi theka la ndalama zomwe ndimapeza pamwezi pazaka zinayi zamaphunziro zomwe sindinachitepo.
Chifukwa cha vuto la mliriwu, ndalama zobweza ngongole za ophunzira zidayimitsidwa mpaka Disembala 31, 2020. Ndalama zanga zanga zanga zabwezeredwa pamtengo wokwanira - 4 motsutsana ndi 0 wanthawi zonse - ndipo, kwa nthawi yoyamba, ndamva. mphamvu ya ndalama zanga. Nditha kubweza ngongole ya kirediti kadi, kuchitapo kanthu kuti ndikhalebe ndi thanzi labwino, ndikuyika nthawi ndi ndalama muzokonda zanga - kutembenuza mbali yanga kukhala ntchito yanthawi zonse.
Purezidenti wosankhidwa a Joe Biden adawunikira malingaliro osiyanasiyana okhudzana ndi kuchotsera ngongole za ophunzira: kudulidwa nthawi yomweyo ,000 pamunthu aliyense poyankha zovuta zokhudzana ndi COVID, ndipo mwina pakapita nthawi mukhululukire ngongole za ophunzira onse omaliza maphunziro awo okhudzana ndi maphunziro apamwamba kuyambira awiri ndi anayi- chaka cha makoleji aboma ndi mayunivesite omwe ali ndi ngongole omwe amapeza mpaka 5,000.
Tsopano kuposa ndi kale lonse, mpumulo ukuwoneka wotheka.
Kodi mumadziwa kuti awirinu mukakwatirana, adzalandira ngongole ya ophunzira anu? Mnzanga wina anandiuza ine ndi mnzanga pa nkhomaliro pamene tinali kukambirana za maganizo othetsa ngongole. Tinaseka pa nthawiyi, koma ndinalephera kudziletsa manyazi omwe ankadutsa m'mitsempha yanga.
Kampeni yothana ndi vuto la ngongole ya ophunzira imatchedwa kukhululukidwa ngongole kwa ophunzira. Kukhululukidwa kumatanthauza kuchimwa kapena kulakwa — chinenero chokhacho chimachititsa manyazi, chochititsa manyazi chigamulo cha anthu onyoza omwe akutsutsa mfundoyi . Osadziwa njira zolusa za ndondomeko za ngongole za ophunzira , ndinadziimba mlandu chifukwa cha vuto langa kwa zaka zambiri.
Bwanji ngati, m’malo mokhulupirira nthano yakuti tili amangawa? Astra Taylor adalemba mu New Yorker , tinadziwonanso ife eni monga angongole — monga anthu oyenerera kukhala ndi moyo wolemekezeka, wosungika ndi wotukuka? Nanga bwanji ngati madera athu ali ndi ngongole kwa ife tonse kukhala ndi moyo wofanana?
Bambo anga sanalandire maphunziro opitirira kusukulu ya pulayimale. Ali ndi zaka 10, bambo ake anamutulutsa kusukulu kukagwira ntchito ngati wamalonda wogula zinthu zambiri monga mpunga, ufa ndi zipatso ku Ecuador. Anandiphunzitsa luso lofotokozera nthano kudzera m'miyambo yongolankhula - ngakhale kuti adawona kulemba ngati ntchito yamwayi yomwe sitingakwanitse.
Kaya lamulo lokhululukira ngongole za ophunzira lidutsa kapena ayi, ndapereka kwa ine ndekha. Maphunziro ndi ufulu waumunthu - pamodzi ndi anthu aku America 45 miliyoni, kufunafuna mwayi wopezeka mwa njira iliyonse yofunikira sikufuna kufotokozera kapena kupepesa, kumafuna yankho ndi njira yoyenera kwa onse.
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