It is frustrating that education requires so much wealth. As a young adult I was completely focused on getting a paid position out of my degree and took internships based on pay alone. Despite a professor pushing me to stay onto further education and easily getting a 1st, I couldn’t justify the costs of continuing.

Having seen what poverty can do to someone I have always put securing my future financially over my education, in the hope that one day I can return to university and resume.

And I am one of the lucky ones who could afford / was explained benefits of an education from a young age.