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1 " The combination of students who do not complete college and private colleges that do not deliver degrees that help their graduates gain employment in the FTE sector has left many poor students still in the low-wage sector but now burdened with student debts. These debts cannot be discharged unless the former student can demonstrate 'undue hardship' from the loan. The statute does not define 'undue hardship,' and many courts use the Brunner test, derived from a 1987 opinion. This standard includes persistent poverty and a good-faith effort to pay the loan. In the view of some more recent opinions, this standard further requires hopelessness that conditions will improve. In other words, the students faces a double-bind: if she tries to transition to the FTE sector, she is hampered by her student loans. Only if she foregoes this ambition can the student loan be discharged. In New jersey, even death may not bring a reprieve from student loans. "
― Peter Temin , The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy
2 " Fish do not know they are living in water, and members of the FTE sector are not aware of the social capital that surrounds and sustains them. "
3 " In short, we are living by 'the Golden Rule - whoever has the gold rules. "
4 " Education was the key to American prosperity in the twentieth century. "
5 " Despite the absence of directly racist statements, it is worth noting that the states that rejected the free expansion of Medicare under the Affordable Care Act are mostly former members of the Confederacy. "
6 " Trump’s equally indirect claim to “Make America Great Again” in his 2016 presidential campaign—where “great” is a euphemism for “white. "
7 " Only one-third of college students from the bottom quarter of households graduate, while two-thirds of students from the top quarter do. Both ability and class matter, "
