[填空题]Is College Really Worth the Money
The Real World
Este Griffith had it all figured out. When she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in April 2001, she had her sights set on one thing: working for a labor union.
The real world had other ideas. Griffith left school with not only a degree, but a boatload of debt. She owed ＄15,000 in student loans and had racked up ＄4,000 in credit card debt for books, groceries and other expenses. No labor union job could pay enough to bail her out.
So Griffith went to work instead for a Washington, D.C. firm that specializes in economic development. Problem solved Nope. At age 24, she takes home about ＄1,800 a month, ＄1,200 of which disappears to pay her rent. Add another ＄180 a month to retire her student loans and ＄300 a month to whittle down her credit card balance. "You do the math," she says.
Griffith has practically no money to live on. She brown-hags( 自带午餐 ) her lunch and bikes to work. Above