Don't borrow money for school...it can hurt you and those close to you...

[sanantone]

I think that means the he could have gone in other directions that led to a profession other than law, but not necessarily that his BA qualifies him for work. I think there are so many things in this story that it's easy to say this guy is some kind of exception- that he wasn't studious or resourceful, which would be true if this wasn't happening all. The. Time. to people. This kid went in with a 4.0, so he's not a dummy, but he also didn't pass the bar twice (in fairness CA has a terrible reputation for low bar pass rates, but if I'm not mistaken, isn't CA still a state that you can take the bar without a law degree?) Anyway, the rub for me is how he's trying to be resourceful applying outside the normal jobs but can't get hired because of the brand of his law school. I beg to differ, that's simply ridiculously ignorant.

I question this guy's intelligence. Getting a 4.0 while majoring in criminal justice isn't all that hard. hilarious So, he believed that he could go to Baylor or University of North Texas, but he went to a non-traditional, low-ranked, very expensive school instead? I'm thinking that his LSAT score was low. CJ majors generally do have the lowest LSAT scores. Why is he driving for Uber? There are always openings in corrections, and California pays a lot. In Texas, there are several high-paying police departments that are always hiring. Even if he took a job as a parole officer that only paid $35k, that would still be a lot better than driving for Uber. Those jobs may not be what he wants to do, but he obviously doesn't want to drive for Uber either. Plus, government jobs usually offer great insurance plans (his wife has cancer). When you have kids to feed, you do what you have to do. And, what happened to his managerial job at GameStop?

If he has delinquent debt that prevents him from getting a job in CJ, then the financial institutions he's been applying to aren't likely to take him either. Almost every time I read one of these stories, I almost always end up not feeling sorry for the person. There are usually so many things they could have done to prevent their situations.