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I went to grad school on disability from my job. I was using the time to improve my chances of going back to work by training for a less physically demanding job so I didn’t have to go on permanent disability. While I was killing myself to do this I wracked up 100000 in debt. I went to school with many many foreign students who had a free ride from their government. When my temp disability ended I went to work at my university in hope of getting finished. i WORKED 40 hrs a week, went to class and worked on my dissertation while raising a special needs kid and an unemployed husband. While I did this my foreign colleagues hung out and raised their families without the stress of having to work. They finished their doctorate. I did not. I did not get one penny of support for my graduate study. How fair is that. The best and brightest of us are saddled with life long debt (at 60 I own 80000 still and am in default). I will be paying it the rest of my life along with huge medical costs of my chronic illness. While trying to raise my granddaughter on social security. The good news is I never made enough money to get used to a life style much above the poverty level.. Thanks Theresa