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  1. I understand your position. I was a Navy Enlistee for 4 years (straight outta school, had a terrible GPA and hence, little chance of college), and now I'm attending college thanks to the GI Bill; I also have major financial nightmares occuring regularly. Thanks to the GI Bill, FAFSA is almost useless (GI Bill counts as income, but not for tax reason...or maybe I got it backwards, it counts on one half of the formula, but not the other half), my parents help out here and there, but only when they think I really need it (I never try to count on their charity). Due to clashes in my home structure and balancing time with work with everything else, I'm getting closer every day to what you're trying to decide: the idea of just getting loans to help out now. My progress in these kind of things is severly handicapped as of late, so sorry if this doesn't help at all. Good luck to you. And yea, you're not alone about having job-finding troubles. As soon as I got out, I was shocked and dismayed at the difficulty I had finding a real job (and then right after I decide to start a college career, I get a serious invitation for a 3-year contract job at Caterpillar, d'oh!)
  2. Not to put a wrinkle in this thread, but what is the explanation for wanting to use objectivist "flair" material, isn't a fundemental idea of objectivism to not need to 'advertise', but rather to lead by example? I'm unable to point to the exact page or quote it, but didn't Roark once strongly deny the idea given to him to advertise his skills in The Fountainhead, stating that his only form of advertising would 'be the products of his labor', that only the people who see his skill in his architecture are the kind of customers he would want? I'm new to the forum, but have been a strong reader for four years (ever since I found Atlas Shrugged in the head on a Navy ship), and the above arguement is one that has given me trouble in trying to figure out ever since then. Of course, I realize I'm also probably just taking to the text too strictly. ...that...and I really want those "Who is John Galt?" license plate covers and pin, hilarious
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