Quote Originally Posted by Zoebird View Post
I agree that there is a way to get an education and not get into debt. I wish that I'd taken that path (and not gone to law school at all).

How does a person "give back" an education? I can understand the house, consumer goods, car, etc -- but what? they're going to take the education out of my brain? my experience? Or is it that they just take the degree away (e.g., I can no longer claim that I have the degree?).
That's probably one of the reasons they make it so you can't claim bankruptcy. Although my understanding is that many people don't lose their assets (house, car, business, etc..) in certain types of bankruptcies, they just get the debt discharged but get to keep everything. So don't know why it would make a difference in a bankruptcy court if it was your house or your brain - you get to keep both :-)! Although, in true entrepurneial (sp? - gosh dern state education :-)) spirit, I am thinking about setting up a Zombie Brain bank for the coming apocalypse and zombie hoarde invasion. I get the brains of each person who can't pay their student loans and sell it back to the zombies - thus keeping the rest of us (the new post-apocalyptic 1%) safe from zombie attacks ;-)!