Dear friend, Sallie Mae...

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<p>That may be in some places, but it sure as heck wasn’t true where I grew up- in the outskirts of Detroit that was extremely hard hit by the recession. I don’t know a single person who didn’t have a parent who lost a job. We grew up knowing the realities of what was out there for us- and, more specifically, what wasn’t. </p>