I’m against student loan forgiveness but no longer can students pay for college tuition (even in state public) and room and board by working in the summers. For example: UC tuition is $15k and room and board another $15k. That’s $120k over 4 years. Free community college tuition and living with parents the 1st two years does bring it down to $60k. Better. Still hard to make $60k over a few summers.
I did not work just summers in college. I worked pretty much 7 days a week including almost all holidays. It was exhausting and it was hard to study and get homework done. I got it done, but I could not partake in the party life. The expenses today have vastly outpaced inflation. The universities are at fault for this and it is fueled by government policies that are not pro-student, but are pro-useless government administrative worker.