With so many people in default on student loans, I believe people have simply given up because they see it as so daunting and as a situation that's impossible to escape. Despair is what is causing these defaults. When a person makes payments for years and the capital remains unchanged at some point they begin to see it as pointless to continue. Deduct all payments made from the initial capital and restructure each loan to include only the capital to be repaid. This would keep money coming in to fund new loans and give people hope in the possibility to repay the loan.

Children are bored and depressed in public schools today. They do not learn because the curriculum and instruction are lifeless and drill-oriented. The curriculum needs to be broadened. Sitting still without talking for long periods of time is not conducive to learning. This does not prepare students for the real world of today's industry. They need to learn to collaborate and think together to solve problems. They need to be encouraged to be creative. Teachers need to be allowed to use differentiated instruction with students who are bored or feel stupid.

We have to have 25 Teachers sign petition for the southern California locations.

Dennis Walcott is unqualified. He lacks the credentials and training to be a chancellor. Since his appointment by Mayor Bloomberg,who has never taught, teaching morale has sunk to an all-time low. There has been no real improvement in the test scores. As a future grandparent of the public school system I am appalled at the awful state of affairs going on in our public schools. Children are shuffled at the whem of the mayor and the chancellor and the parents and children are all very unhappy.This needs to come to an end.

What makes a university special? The students and faculty, of course -- but also the programs and places that make an institution of higher learning truly special. Bowling Green State University is fortunate to have an internationally recognized Popular Culture Program that is housed in a very special (and appropriate) building -- a Montgomery Ward catalog house, known as a Wardway kit house, that was the home of several presidents before Pop Culture took up residency there in the 1970s. The Popular Culture Building is one of the last Wardway kit houses to be constructed, and lovers of both history and pop culture can appreciate what it says about small-town living in the years before the Depression. No one who understands the building's history would want to lose a treasure like this; please sign this petition to tell the BGSU administration that they must not raze the Popular Culture Building, a distinctive and significant part of BGSU's culture.

Private St. loan is night mare for moust borrover.

As we have witnessed yet another tragic act of violence, we need to renew our resolve to strengthen the moral fabric our nation. Violence can only cease when all human beings love, cherish, and respect human life. Not only must we teach children to love, cherish, and respect human life in our homes and in our places of worship, but also in our schools.

My petition is about parents and students standing on street conors collecting money for activities at schools this is to dangerous.

The recent Pell Grant cuts have limited the amount of eligible semesters from 15 to 12--regardless if you received the maximum amount of grant or not. Many people that were laid off were told to return to school and get additional training. If you are in your late 20's and above, this more than likely means that you will not receive a grant--regardless of need, excellent grades, or future contribution to society once you have graduated.

Trapped in high student loans and high interest rates. I don't make enough money to cover the monthly loan amount. Afraid to continue higher education of accumulating higher debt. At this rate getting ahead seems impossible.

Sex education should not be banned from any school.

Because interest accumulates during student loan deferment periods, the balance on student loans exceeds the principal more than once during a borrower's lifetime. The result is that borrowers are stuck with student loan debt when they retire on Social Security, even if they had paid back their principal once or twice. Many of the student loan forgiveness bills apply only to loans taken out during the past 10 or 20 years and ignore old student loans.