Rebecca Allison

I am a speech language pathologist in Katy ISD.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@TompkinsLibrary Preferably everywhere because they are all good. If I had to pick one row, it would be row 2.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@S4CR3DW3ST @bluebonnetbunny @scottbraddock Yes but it changed course and didn't hit some of those counties.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@Giant_Herbs @mcribluv @CurtisHouck @Grady_Trimble This would make a world difference.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@BoofBullington @PaulPMichaud @rjkretser @CurtisHouck @Grady_Trimble My student loan payment is $1100. I am making my payments each month and paying a mortgage. I wish my payments were $50 a month. Unfortunately the interest accrual is ridiculous.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@SeanJeddrie @kneis816 @MJTruthUltra I don't regret my degree. I made the best choice for school that I could make if I wanted to finish before he retired. He used his GI Bill for his degree. When my loans were disbursed out I didn't know. That's the way things are now. I took the bare minimum for my degree.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@SeanJeddrie @kneis816 @MJTruthUltra Unlike most, my degree is relevant and needed but unfortunately we don't get paid well. I don't regret my degree, I just wish I could have gone to a cheaper school. My loans are my responsibility but the loans are predatory with what is charged in interest.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@SeanJeddrie @kneis816 @MJTruthUltra First of all I'm paying my student loans and yes you do sound like one. I actually took a second job to make my $1100. If I wanted the degree then yes I did because of his service. My degree is not at every university.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@SeanJeddrie @kneis816 @MJTruthUltra After loans were federalized, they estimate what payments are but can't give you a payment until you go into exit counseling because the interest rates are adjusted annually based on interest rates. Interest rates right now are 6.4% with daily compounding interest.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@SeanJeddrie @kneis816 @MJTruthUltra Well if I wanted the degree, I had to sign the loan docs because my grad program was $70,000 at a state school because I had to pick a school that would be near my husband's duty station. Had I known at the time how bad the ROI would be, I wouldn't have done it.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@SeanJeddrie @kneis816 @MJTruthUltra Actually no, the terms were not spelled out because the interest rate is not set until repayment starts so because my degree requires a masters to be able to work as a speech therapist helping individuals communicate, my loans did not start repayment until 7 years after I started

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@MaggieMae_01 @MJTruthUltra Not all is taxed. Some states tax it as income though. Public Service Loan Forgiveness is not taxed.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@SeanJeddrie @kneis816 @MJTruthUltra Because interest of 6.5 percent compounds daily. I took a second job just to pay my $1100 a month student loan in a medical field.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@TompkinsLibrary Very nice!!!

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@douglass_lauren I would cancel my flight too.

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@katyisd @CimarronElem Congratulations Cayla!!

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@MrNesossi So much fun!!!

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@drink_waterdrop Cola

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@MrNesossi Agreed!

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@NBrezelSLP @katyisd Thanks for the fabulous presentation!!

[Rebecca Allison @BeckyTXSLP]

@drink_waterdrop Happy for the Mall of America, but Houston gets a kiosk. 😔