By Rob Lieber, Illustration: Robert Neubecker, The New York Times, May 13, 2022
Let’s stop the conversation about student loan forgiveness and start one about the necessity of saying we’re sorry.
After all, it’s not the borrowers who did anything wrong — it’s the country. We’re the ones who should be asking their forgiveness.
Teenagers go to college because we tell them to. Many people in their 20s pursue graduate education because an advanced degree is what they need to prosecute criminals, cure cancer and teach or counsel those teenagers.
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