A cheap loan, zero percent interest, and the opportunity to invest in your future. To many students, the loan system sounded like a great deal at the time. Columnist Thysa Smet also started studying at sixteen and borrowed money to pay for her education. The story has since changed: interest rates on student debt are rising, and the promised compensation does not feel like a fair solution. Did her generation get what was promised? That is the su…
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A cheap loan, zero percent interest, and the opportunity to invest in your future. To many students, the loan system sounded like a great deal at the time. Columnist Thysa Smet also started studying at sixteen and borrowed money to pay for her education. The story has since changed: interest rates on student debt are rising, and the promised compensation does not feel like a fair solution. Did her generation get what was promised? That is the su…