The youth of today are expected more than ever to achieve, and overcome countless tribulations in order to someday be deemed “good enough.” 12 years of schooling and rigorous testing constantly a battle to succeed in our day to day lives. A mark on a paper validates our worth, a percentage to our name helps us seemingly shine. Once these 12 years of a constant battle of approval come to a close, another 4, 8, 10 quickly come our way and with a price at that. $1.6 TRILLION are now an addition to our names, the student debt crisis looms over us without a choice. An education, that we’ve all worked tirelessly for our entire lives can often me unreachable, and not for our academic abilities, but also for our yearly income and and the kind of car we drive. The average cost to attend a middle grade university in the united states for a 4 year course comes out to a whopping total of $25,362. This is nearly the complete average yearly salary in America, with it being $33,706, Let alone a student fresh out of college to have these kinda of funds. Society today preaches to “get an education” again and again, but it also nearly puts the population out of a home and in crippling debt to their name. But how can you even begin to crawl out of this debt without a solid income typically provided my a college education? This spins american students into the student debt crisis, a cycle that one is indefinitely put into without even realizing it. Now how can america thrive without strong, capable people within it? It’s not just for the benefit of the student, but for the immense benefit of the country as a whole. This is why college should be free.
