blessures-blessees:

A depressing conclusion to arrive at is that student loans aid the mission of producing “good citizens”, that in neoliberalism a good citizen is an indebted citizen, someone who willingly shackles themselves with debt, and shackles themselves to a lifetime of monthly payments, who internalizes the discipline of debt.  For those of us engaged in education: Are the lessons of student debt the ones we want to teach?

blessures-blessees:

A depressing conclusion to arrive at is that student loans aid the mission of producing “good citizens”, that in neoliberalism a good citizen is an indebted citizen, someone who willingly shackles themselves with debt, and shackles themselves to a lifetime of monthly payments, who internalizes the discipline of debt.  For those of us engaged in education: Are the lessons of student debt the ones we want to teach?

This was posted 4 months ago. Notes. .