Today's latte can add to tomorrow's debt
By Blaine Harden
The Washington Post
At a Starbucks across the street from Seattle University School of Law, Kirsten Daniels crams for the bar exam. She's armed with color-coded pens and what she calls "my comfort latte."
She just graduated summa cum laude, after three years of training that left her $115,000 in debt. Part of that debt, which she will take a decade to repay with interest, was run up at Starbucks, where she buys her lattes.
The habit costs her nearly $3 a day, and it's one her law school says she and legions like her cannot afford.
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posted by Robert @ 6/20/2005
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1 Comments:
Wow... not a surprising article, but the first time I've seen the figures actually thought out and calculated. This is why I switched to regular coffee and have not gone back.
I agree w/the people interviewed in the article though. Even research like that is not going to change people's habits. It is indeed more of a social phenomenon than anything else.
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