So I've been paying my students loans for about 3 months now, and my debt and interest rates (from the government, not private party) are so high that my debt is actually INCREASING.

Also, it's partially infuriating because my mother entered into that contract on behalf of me. I was underaged when this started (I started uni at 17), so I was essentially goaded into something I really didn't even want.

My mother convinced me that we could "afford" college, but I didn't realize until I was halfway through with my degree that it was all loans and particularly loans that I could never repay unless I was a software engineer. And considering I was homeless, I had no choice but to continue taking them.