I barely have any debt from studying myself (10k€ is not much compared to the U.S.). I am just unhappy about the general situation and where our society is heading.
Yeah I'm mainly talking about the Dutch system I'm in. To what degree it also applies to the US is not up to me to judge. What I do think is that there are a lot of people who don't even try to make the best of their possibilities while they're studying. The financial support and cool opportunities weren't there for the taking, I had to put serious effort in to get it done. I'm the only person from my faculty to study outside of Europe, because I app. Some of my peers just don't even bother chasing the opportunities that they have. There's a lot wrong with the current education system, both in the Netherlands and the US, I agree. Still, the current generation is the best educated and most diverse as far as I know. I don't think society is going to downhill just yet.