It takes a LOT of hours at summer jobs and working through school to pay off $80,000 or even a fraction of that.
When I was in college 45 years ago, I paid most of my tuition with jobs. It was a whopping $750 total per semester for 18-19 credit hours. Now $750 won't buy ONE credit hour at a lot of schools. And most kids aren't carrying 18 hours anymore.
My point is that the woman with the 80k in loans took out tuition, room and board, and apparently living expenses to attend a state school. Her parents contributed nothing and she also contributed nothing. If her parents were really unable to pay nothing, she should have gotten some financial aid. If they weren't incapable of paying, but simply choosing not to, then she should have been working her butt off during summers and breaks. No way she should have had to pay her entire state school education with student loans unless she was a) too lazy to work during college or b) spending foolishly. Either way, somebody, presumably her parents, should have smacked her upside the head while she was an undergrad.