EDITOR:
Student loans are robbing students of their post-secondary education. Student loans are a financial aid used by post-secondary students to pay for school and it’s associated fees. The amount of money students receive is based on many components, however, a major component is their parents’ income. When students prepare to go off to university, they are often 18 or older and many of them must pay for their own university or college education regardless of their parents’ financial situation.
When students are unable to receive student loans, they have two options; ask someone for money or pause their post-secondary education. Both of these dreadful options can have some detrimental effects for that individual. Postponing a student’s post-secondary plans could decrease their likelihood of returning to school.
Taking into consideration an individual's financial situation rather than their parents’ may be a more appropriate way to distribute financial aid. A more reasonable system needs to but put in place in which the student’s previous and current situations are taken into consideration rather than them being just another number in the books.
There has to be a better way to determine the financial need of an individual then basing it on their parents' life choices.
Sandtanna Beaton (UPEI student),
Charlottetown
