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When educational achievement comes with crushing debt guilt

I'm the first person in my family to graduate college but I can't enjoy my success because I keep thinking about how my student loans are bigger than my parents' mortgage.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Academic accomplishments become tainted by the financial burden required to achieve them and surpass family precedent.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money and identity — class aspiration and shame?”

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