I’m a self acclaimed Philosopher and Academic. Currently a Graduate student pursuing a Masters in Education.
Blogging my thoughts and musings serves many purposes for me. For one, it opens my mind up to the community of bloggers and readers so as I can get feedback on thoughts, and thus continue the cycle of thought. Second, it gets my thoughts down so I can remember them and review them myself. It lastly, saves my social media followers from the walls of text I like to post when I “get in one of those moods.”
“Penny for your thoughts,” was chosen as a title due to the first reasoning. It’s humanistic, and openly inviting. It says humbly “these are my thoughts, but I am so eager for your feedback that I would pay you for them.”
Hopefully, there is something here for everyone, and if not, let me know!
For Your Thoughts 
I don’t quite understand the first paragraph about the “ransom’ aspect.
Are you able to explain or is it personal?
Good question. It’s not personal at all, and is actually a very legal bullying tactic used now by many schools in the US: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/02/opinion/la-oe-lindorff-student-loan-default-20120502
The story as to why a portion of my loan bounced back to the college is a long and personal one, but basically it happened. Although the rest of my student loans are maintained through the normal federal functions, a small portion is being held through the school and I can neither 1. Go back to school, 2. Have my transcripts, 3. have my degrees, or 4 do anything to complete my education until I pay them this “ransom” amount.
It’s a horrible thing done to quite a few college students.
Ah..I get it. Yeah, ’tis a bitch. All about the money, right?
Yes.
Funniest part is, it’s a Christian college. 😉 Ha!
Pay unto Caesar and pay unto god , right?
Hey. I’m nominating you for a Liebster Award. You don’t have to accept, but if you do here are the rules: make a post telling us 11 things about you, answer my 11 questions,nominate 11 people, and ask them 11 questions. Here is my post: http://hessianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/liebster-award/
Very cool! 🙂 This will give me a little project to do in the morn. Thank you!! ❤