in other news, millions of people have a diploma to show for their debt. 41% vs. 59% in 4 years isn't a significant enough statistic to warrant outrage
Good article: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/marriage-c....
But the decision to get incur the debt was mine and mine alone. I can't blame the school for making me pay for something I not only asked for but prayed for.
You own the debt.
The whole of our culture tells kids to go to college. All the adults around them are saying they have to. The skids are greased for them to do this. I don't think a seventeen or eighteen year old following this path without fully understanding the consequences is too surprising.
My parents told me that my entire family would line up and beat the shit out of me if I didn't go to college.
I'm sure most people had something more sane happen to them.
Society proudly brainwashes and propagandizes heavily the necessity of a degree. At some point, consent is coercively manufactured.
I'd say about half the kids I work with have no degree. They're Javascript devs or designers and they are sharp as tacks. I guess it depends on the industry, but for software devs, it's becoming less and less important.
At some point you're just victim blaming into the wind. No man is an island.