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Originally Posted by RFlush
Again, you make a bold assumption that parents will support the student until whatever age desired. That is not the case in many circumstances, and I for one can give you first hand experience on that. Also, many parents force their children to pay rent or pay for food etc. In a wonderful world where we can all live the lives of rich students with free money and mercedes then there would be no need for student loans. I wish that was true.
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You're such a DQ. Stop using the exceptions to make the rule.
I didn't say such situations don't exist, I said they are such exceptions that they aren't worth considering. Most parents will support their children, the charges for rent/food are to ensure their children understand the value of earning money, not just being given a free ride - and that "rent and food" hardly equates to the true costs of living on your own.
Consider the high population of Asian/Indian students at SFU/UBC that come from a background that is more accepting of students living at home, unlike the typical white Canadian mentality to make it on our own.
My parents went bankrupt when I was 18 and could hardly afford to rent a place for themselves, nevermind my brother and I. We moved out on our own to attend school cause there was no advantage to staying home.
I know I am the exception amoung my peers, many of who did not have student loans and were funded by mom and dad. The average student only graduates in debt cause they wasted money, not cause they needed it.