> I aspire to settle the substantial $65,000 student loan burden that granted me the “privilege” of contributing to someone else’s vision during the conventiona

> I aspire to settle the substantial $65,000 student loan burden that granted me the “privilege” of contributing to someone else’s vision during the conventional 9-to-5 grind. It's crazy to me that we let people do this to themselves. There's no reason a student should have to take out that much debt for their degree and I'd bet there were probably ways for OP to avoid it if the right people were there to help. Ultimately it's a huge systemic issue in the US but it's also an issue with bad high school guidance counselors not helping students navigate the broken system