The Incomplete Cynic

“I realized that I needed to be an example to my children,” she says. “I needed to be in a better position to make it on my own. That’s when I got really serious about school.”

She pushed herself through college through a combination of local classes and online course offerings, completing her bachelor’s degree in 2006. Two years later, Nolan finished an M.B.A., emerging with $84,000 in student loan debt, she says, but a powerful sense that she had armed herself for success.

Black Unemployment At Depression Level Highs In Some Cities

First lesson of economic advancement: stop borrowing money for college!

Among the many bad decisions I’ve made in my life, this is the only one that will still be with me after my kids move out.

A degree doesn’t guarantee you an income, and anyone who suggests it does is either lying or foolish.