Bethany may have been kidding about her professional student remark, but Dana couldn’t stop thinking about it. During her senior year at college, she couldn’t wait to graduate, and now that she had, the real world wasn’t turning out to be anything like she had imagined. She didn’t want to make cappuccinos for the rest of her life, and her student loans would be out of deferment soon. How was she supposed to pay the bills and survive on a barista’s minimum wage salary?
Now Bethany was in the same boat, looking for jobs where they didn’t exist. No one wanted liberal arts majors. Dana should consider going back to school, not only to put off repaying her loans but also to get a degree she could use. She didn’t think she could stomach another four-year undergraduate degree, but Master’s progr
