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by itake 2867 days ago
From the article, he had a BS and a MA. I guess he decided to double down on "English literature" at age ~21 and take on even more debt.
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>I enrolled for an evening class in French at New York's Cooper Union, as that deferred my having to start paying off the debt, and the cost of the new class was cheaper than the monthly repayments I would have to make.

He did, and I'm not sure the best way to educate people that, while actions like this will defer their payments, interest does still accrue (afaik).