Comments on: Law Center starting loan forgiveness program for grads working in the public sector http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/11/19/law-center-starting-loan-forgiveness-program-for-grads-working-in-the-public-sector/ The Georgetown Voice Blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:27:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Re: Anonymous http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/11/19/law-center-starting-loan-forgiveness-program-for-grads-working-in-the-public-sector/comment-page-1/#comment-412542 Re: Anonymous Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:10:40 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=11317#comment-412542 gc, you're missing the point. First of all, it's not one word, the entire post makes it sound like it's a new program. And secondly, it doesn't matter how many words it is if it changes the entire meaning of the post. If someone said, "Obama is the President of Germany," would you say, "You were only off by one word, so it doesn't matter." If the president said, "We should make war with Japan" when they meant to say "We should make peace with Japan" would that not matter because he was only off by one word? I think you get my point. gc, you’re missing the point. First of all, it’s not one word, the entire post makes it sound like it’s a new program. And secondly, it doesn’t matter how many words it is if it changes the entire meaning of the post. If someone said, “Obama is the President of Germany,” would you say, “You were only off by one word, so it doesn’t matter.” If the president said, “We should make war with Japan” when they meant to say “We should make peace with Japan” would that not matter because he was only off by one word? I think you get my point.

]]> By: gc http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/11/19/law-center-starting-loan-forgiveness-program-for-grads-working-in-the-public-sector/comment-page-1/#comment-412511 gc Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:33:42 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=11317#comment-412511 They had one word wrong - starting vs. enhancing. Get over it. They had one word wrong – starting vs. enhancing.

Get over it.

]]> By: Re: Anonymous http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/11/19/law-center-starting-loan-forgiveness-program-for-grads-working-in-the-public-sector/comment-page-1/#comment-412471 Re: Anonymous Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:03:59 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=11317#comment-412471 That's not an excuse. I hate how people on this blog hide behind that excuse every time someone points out an error. This is the official blog of a student publication, and this should abide by at least some journalistic standards, the least of which are FACT-CHECKING and ACCURACY. That’s not an excuse. I hate how people on this blog hide behind that excuse every time someone points out an error. This is the official blog of a student publication, and this should abide by at least some journalistic standards, the least of which are FACT-CHECKING and ACCURACY.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/11/19/law-center-starting-loan-forgiveness-program-for-grads-working-in-the-public-sector/comment-page-1/#comment-412457 Anonymous Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:40:50 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=11317#comment-412457 It's a blog, not the New York Times. Calm down. It’s a blog, not the New York Times. Calm down.

]]> By: Fact-checker http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/11/19/law-center-starting-loan-forgiveness-program-for-grads-working-in-the-public-sector/comment-page-1/#comment-412393 Fact-checker Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:16:17 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=11317#comment-412393 This is what happens when you don't fact-check!! I took a trip to GU Law's website and in about 15 seconds found this: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/finaid/lrap/index.html. This post is incredibly misleading. Georgetown has had a loan forgiveness program since 1986. The pres release you linked to says in the second sentence that this is a new version of the [existing] Loan Repayment Assistance Program. You make it sound like this is a brand new program and that GU Law grads in the past had no opportunity for loan forgiveness, which is false. This is what happens when you don’t fact-check!! I took a trip to GU Law’s website and in about 15 seconds found this: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/finaid/lrap/index.html. This post is incredibly misleading. Georgetown has had a loan forgiveness program since 1986. The pres release you linked to says in the second sentence that this is a new version of the [existing] Loan Repayment Assistance Program. You make it sound like this is a brand new program and that GU Law grads in the past had no opportunity for loan forgiveness, which is false.

]]> By: JD http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/11/19/law-center-starting-loan-forgiveness-program-for-grads-working-in-the-public-sector/comment-page-1/#comment-412383 JD Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:17:38 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=11317#comment-412383 not worth it. not worth it.

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