Student Debt...How much and how long to pay off?

Well I guess I am lucky but I have only about $5,000 through my junior year. But I am going to be teacher so I won't be earning mcuh anyway. Just curious, are those loans subsidized or are they accuring interesting now while you're in school?

I kept putting off starting to repay, and my balance is now more than double the original loan amount. It's been 15 years since I finished school. I made some very bad financial decisions when I was younger, and I'll be paying for it for the next ten years or so.

I'm going to a community college so it'll never take me any time to pay it off. I'll have it paid off semester after semester as it's way cheaper to go to a community college then a real college, and you can get similar jobs anyways.. so what's the point of shelling out all that extra money to go to a real college.. other then maybe a more of a "college experience" feel? No loans, no anything. Small-time pay. For some majors I suppose going to a real college might be better, but for a lot.. it's more about networking with others & your job-experience in the job-world and less about your degree. Not saying degree's don't help, though!

Ugh I don't even really want to think about how much I have built up. I figure I will pay on them till I die.

Well I already have too much to pay off. On top of that I am in grad/med school pursuing a joint degree. Yay for endless debt! I figure you can never get out of debt no matter how hard you try. If you pay off your loans then you get a car, pay off your car, then you get a house, pay off your house, time for another car. Get the point? Not to mention you need credit to get most of these things. And how do you get credit? Use credit cards (responsibly of course). What's the point in getting a job and making money? To pay off your debt! It's a never ending cycle.