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So I come from a rather poor European household, and being that since a young age, I was kind of told that, hey, when you grow up, you have to be a doctor or a lawyer.

And I kind of believed it

and still did believe up until a few years ago that that was my only real option. But if we fast

forward now, I'm about to turn 22 in a month. And I'm a senior in a community college. I've

accumulated already $24,000 in debt. And I don't know if taking out another 100 to 150 for law school makes

sense. Right now, for a few numbers, I work part-time all in college. I make $20,000 a year,

and I'm currently going through a real estate course. So you've been told you have to be a doctor

or a lawyer. You don't want to be. And not only do you have to be a doctor or a lawyer,

but you would be the one to pay for or be on hook for the debt for obtaining a degree that you

don't want to get. And you're asking us what we think you should do. Correct. I think you should not

go into debt for a degree that you cannot afford and don't even want. Let me make sure you don't want to be a lawyer. Is that what you're saying? If it was free, would you want to be a lawyer? If it was free, I'm kind of unbiased. I have no problem being a lawyer. Like, I have no problem with the job. I don't think it's bad job I don't think it's bad I don't think

it's great but at the end of the day in my outlook on life is whatever makes the money

hmm I don't know about that outlook yeah I know it's a it's a little skewed well it's so much

money it's it's so much money to go in with no passion and I don't think the

prospect of I could make a lot of money one day is enough anyone in your family

lawyer no my parents are immigrants and they work paycheck to pay check so

they kind of just they were so they wanted the good life for you they wanted

you to have the best possible life and for them that was doctor or lawyer

that's the way they saw it so that they have they have a good heart but maybe their

methodology is bad yeah what's your degree in your undergrad uh it's business

management okay and you think you want to do real estate and your undergrad? It's business management. Okay.

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