Re:Buyer's Remorse: High Debt and Low Pay Leave Some College...
by repolfx on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @03:20PM
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Part of the theory was that if we put students in debt bondage for their education, they'd made better choices
That might well be the case. In my experience, people in countries where university is free frequently complain about life-long students ... people who enjoy being a student so much they basically never leave and live off of public subsidies forever, racking up pointless qualifications. I've met such people too. Countries where taking a course requires gaining a lot of debt don't seem to have that problem, or at least not to anywhere near the same extent.
Re:Buyer's Remorse: High Debt and Low Pay Leave Some College...
by wpietri on Friday May 31, 2019 @11:43AM
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Sure, it might be the case. But given that we're talking about how even with debt bondage people aren't making good choices, there's reason to think it's no better.
That might well be the case. In my experience, people in countries where university is free frequently complain about life-long students ... people who enjoy being a student so much they basically never leave and live off of public subsidies forever, racking up pointless qualifications. I've met such people too. Countries where taking a course requires gaining a lot of debt don't seem to have that problem, or at least not to anywhere near the same extent.