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, p

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.