wearethe99percent:

I am a public school teacher.  I have 3 Master’s degrees and no student loan debt.  My parents paid for all of my education.

My wife is also a public school teacher: she has a Master’s degree … and more than $80,000 in student loan debt.

We are the 1%, and we are the 99%.  We are parents of two young girls: let’s make fairness, justice, and equality affordable for all.

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wearethe99percent:

2004 - graduated highschool top 10%

2008 - graduated top private college GPA 3.4

           BA Biochemistry, supposed to get a job

            $25,000 in student loans and my parents

           spent $140,000 on tuition

2009 - applied to over 90 jobs in my field

           1 interview, not hired. gave up.

            homeless on streets for over a year

2010 - got a food service job. cried a lot.

            spent $6,000 to take biochem classes

            at local uni. 14 hr days. volunteered too.

            started doing internet porn to make ends meet.

2011 - miraculously got a biochem job (thank you friend)

            I’m excelling at my new job.

            Spent $15,000 total relocating here for it.

Today - I work 40 hrs/wk and make $1500/month

             Rent $650/mo

             Utilities $100/mo

             Credit debt (from move) $1500 left

             Student loan debt $2750 left

            Car keeps breaking! $4000/this summer

            Vet bills

            Doctor bills

I scored in the 99th percentile on the GRE - that means I did better than 99% of test takers

I do porn to pay off my student loans

I didn’t ask for THIS

I work hard my whole life

(I gave up my dream of being a veterinarian because I can’t afford $200,000 in debt I would graduate with, I wanted to be a shelter vet so there’s no way I’d ever be debt free. I wanted to help homeless animals but I hope I can make a good cure in the lab. I want to work on HIV or Herpes vaccines)

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