The New SAT Manual is Here!

I was surprised to get a delivery from UPS yesterday; I hadn't ordered anything.

It was the latest revision of the SAT Manual. I had read they would be issued on October 15th, but the office didn't have them when I stopped by that day. I later heard that the office would distribute them at a meeting two weeks from now.

I was psyched to get the new manual although not this excited.

What I'm Watching

Today the Science channel is showing a Firefly marathon.

Jeff and I missed Firefly when it was first broadcast in 2002-2003; we finally watched it sometime earlier this year. We loved it. We were disappointed that there were only fourteen episodes and only one movie. The show deserved much more.

Looking forward to the reunion next hour.

Higher Education

I've been thinking a lot lately about college education--what it costs and what it's worth. I think it started with this article. Even though I went to law school directly from college, I realize how lucky/privileged I was that I could have gotten some kind of entry level job with a future right out of college; I could have worked hard and advanced. I don't think that's possible anymore. Entry level jobs with futures seem to have disappeared.

I was also privileged because my parents paid for my college education and for part of law school expenses. I took out a loan for $15,000, which unbelievably covered my law school tuition for three years. I also had a one-year grace period before I had to start paying off my loan.

This would not be possible today. Tuition prices have soared; loan conditions have become punitive--see this, this, and this. One more depressing article which people have told me is not news.

All of the conditions in the linked articles show me that young people are screwed. Only the most elite will be able to attend college without a suffocating Damocles sword of debt hanging over their heads (thanks to Bernard Schwartz of NYU Law for the reference.)

Student loans are a scam that must be stopped.