I went to a state college, and it was a choice. It was what I could afford to pay, and I didn’t take out loans. I didn’t live on campus, I lived at home to save money. I worked all through my college education.
My parents couldn’t afford to send me to college, and letting me live rent-free while in college was their way of helping.
Why is it that someone who takes out $200,000 worth of loans to go to an Ivy League school should have that education and diploma just handed to them, while someone like me made a responsible choice, going into a field I thought I could make a living in, and keeping costs as low as I could?
I am not putting this on any age group. I feel exactly the same way about someone who went to school 20 years ago and hasn’t paid their loans.
I’m not supportive of student debt forgiveness myself, much as I would benefit from it. In fact, I did a lot of what you did as well, although I still had to take out loans because of the costs being so high.
In fact, it’s exactly that rationale which is why I get angry about all the demand for debt relief, because the loudest complainers are often those who don’t need or deserve it the most.
I’m just a little annoyed at the generational bashing that comes up with this topic. Not all of us Gen Yers are deadbeats (although a lot are).