Originally Posted by Redjake

I don't think you should be able to default on them, but I do think there needs to be a better system in place for students who are paying their way through college.

#1) Teachers, under any circumstance, should go to college for free. That would fix the "lack of teachers" problem, and make it so their horrible starting salary isn't so horrible. If my wife had student loans (luckily she doesn't), and wasn't married to me, she literally wouldn't be able to live by herself on her salary and make the payments. I am making almost twice of what she makes, and we started our jobs at the same time.

#2) There should be discounts for students paying their way through college, especially on supplies and books and stuff. It really annoyed me seeing other students complain that their credit card their parents "gave them" was maxed out because of alcohol and food and they had to wait 'til their parents paid the bill before getting anymore "liquor." While me and my brother were working 20+ hours per week along with 18 hours a week classes just to be able to afford food and supplies.

#3) There should be a tuition decrease for those with a good GPA in college. Let's say it's $10,000 a year for 4 years. If you have above a 3.0 GPA in college, it should decrease by $2000 per year or something.

All of this would help with the financial burden of student loans.