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There is just something about the galaxy far, far away that peaks my interest. I love the characters, the story, the force and the lightsabers. I would even re-enact lightsaber battles using yardsticks with my sister as kids. I have been mesmerized with everything Star Wars and Rogue One was no different. Rogue One was made and developed in a way to honor the original Star Wars movies and I am a big fan of how it showed us a story leading up to Episode IV: A New Hope.
The ESA is a tax advantage account that can be used for the cost of education expenses in the future for a designated beneficiary. These expenses include college tuition, college room and board, other college expenses and tuition for elementary and high schools.
The other day, I was messing around on the internet reading financial articles and I stumbled across a thing called The Texas Tuition Promise Fund. I was intrigued to see what was being offered and decided to do some more research. Texas and other states have college pre-payment programs that can be used by your kids in college.
I continue to hear that America has a student loan crisis. In all reality, it is a crisis. The student loan debt, in America, has now reached $1.3 trillion dollars, with millions of students in default or behind with payments. Some suggest that a way to relieve the student loan crisis is to make college free. Others believe that it would be best to spread the loan payments out over longer terms.
Recently, I have been hearing lots of talk about student loans in politics. I have just got out from under my student loans, and I don't believe that anyone should ever default on their student loans. I used teacher loan forgiveness to help me pay off my student debt, but was all of this really necessary? Are student loans the only way to get through college?
