Indentured Servitude and Signing my life away to the devil

I am so lucky. I am so, so lucky. And yet I can't help but feel like I'm making a mistake.

My high school has a program for alum going into education that allows us to take out a loan from them to pay for college under the condition that we work at the school for five years following our college graduation. I was selected for the program.

This means that I won't technically be in debt, and I'll be guaranteed a job for at least five years after I graduate. But it also means I HAVE to work there for five years unless I'm able to pay off the loan. I'll be graduating in two and a half(ish) years. I'll be 22, and locked into a job for five years. By the time I'm free to leave, I'll be 27. I know that this is a good thing, and it's making my future more stable, but I can't help but feel like I might be making a mistake. I guess we'll see. Maybe the devil isn't so bad to make a deal with.

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Kes (future contracted employee)