I have never understood why student loan debt is the only debt that cannot be discharged in bankruptcy proceedings.
It’s so insane that we expect 18 year olds, with brains still very much developing, to be able to make such a life-altering choice. Even though I myself understood this dynamic and decided to go to a state school with max 5k a year in tuition, I’ve never faulted others in the same situation that made less than ideal financial choices.
It’s really tragic that the US chooses to economically hamper so many people for money that is fairly inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Everyone deserves a chance at upward economic mobility, even if they made a bad choice to study something in college with bad job prospects at a high price tag.