I'm getting my Master's degree and because I'm not a millionaire, I can't afford to outright pay for college, I needed to take student loans. Last week when it became apparent that all federal funding was going to be cut, I was not doing very well. The funds were sitting in an account waiting to be released, and I was days away from getting it (and obviously they backtracked after they realized that it was such a disaster, so I got them), but if it truly went the way they wanted I assume I'd need to drop out. I only have two classes left, so it would be heartbreaking that I got that far, and it all fell apart for reasons out of my control.
I'm not out of the woods yet either. Summer session is when I'd do those two class, so if funding is gone at that time, I'd still have to drop out and fuck my education and work related goals!
Of course, if federal funding is removed across the board, so many people are going to be fucked, and I didn't want to complain because it's much bigger than me.
"i read the first one. it was so bad that my skin turned inside out and I rolled in a pile of salt just to make myself feel better."- AyumiSqueezetoy