Just Eric
Just Eric
Nov 5 · 2 min read

The problem is most young people are simply lying about their debt for dramatic and sympathy reasons. The average debt right now for a college graduate is slightly under $30k. Most public colleges right now are $10–15k per year, I know I just went back last year to finish off. Financial aid in grants are about $10k per year. You can go to community college for two to three years essentially for free, then go to a University for the last two years, even without a job at a public university and assuming no outside grants or scholarships, you can still get out under $10k in loans. That is without working at all living at home. If you live off campus and do not work, you can still get away with living moderately for under $30k in debt.
While I agree there needs to be some serious education reform and costs should go down, the drama free reality is it is absolutely affordable, even with just a moderate amount of responsibility. Living frugally, with a part time job 20 hours a week, even at minimum wage, living with roommates or in dorms you can easily get by with almost no debt at all.
When I was entering college, debt was about $12k if I remember correct, with inflation, that amount is only about $5k more now than it was then.
Like I said, it certainly should be cheaper, but it is not at all life destroying. That is emotional nonsense. And if you can’t handle that, become a plumber. Since when is you being too good for a blue collar job my responsibility? Trades are great, fun jobs. I was a plumber and landscaper all through college. Nothing at all wrong with it. There is something wrong with the arguments on college, it is mostly based on a lie and nobody questions it.

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