More avenues for easy identity theft!

90 miles in 30 minutes? Damn...Belgium has some crazy speed limits

The first thing I think of when I hear the name is going insane and dieing in a river

will one day lead accessory to murder charges

A number of American teachers and principals have been caught changing grade, or giving out answers to standardized tests. Here's one such incident

http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/scranton-school-board-reverses-discipline-in-standardized-test-cheating-probe-1.1429762

I'm not sure how wide spread this is, but it goes to show that similar things to what you described are occurring in America.

Good news everyone! Our self investigation shows we were not at fault for anything

Yes we can get over it, but only in the same way we might get over the "We can't dance in the middle of the busy freeway if there's a chance we might get hit" mentality.

Both choices lead to messy results

The use of alcohol

After you're 24 you qualify for independent status, and your eligibility for aid goes up. Especially if you have kids as well.

I'm not sure when you when to school. Now, with a pell grant, state grant, and Stafford loans I've have no problem paying for school without working. Though now loans, at least federal loans, aren't really a problem to payback under the Income Based Repayment program.

Under IBR your loan payments are set at 10% of your adjusted gross income past 150% of the federal poverty level, and capped at a maximum of what you would pay on a 10 year repayment plan. After 20 years the remaining balance is discharged and counted as income.

Maybe it's just me, but I find $50,000+ for undergraduates in loans that you may only payback a fraction of, and don't have to make payment if you aren't making money to be a generous offer to students with little to no credit.

If you're poor and over 24; student aid in America is quite generous

It's just a bit more pricey these days.

I paid about $2000 for 20 credits at my local community college this quarter, and right now the 4 year college I want to go to charges about $4000 for 12 to 18 credits.

So yeah, I'm not interested in their deal.

Would you ban laptops at work for the same reason?

If your aid is being reduced because of the money you already are earning, but you want to take full time classes at the community college during the day; you may try writing an appeal to your financial aid office. You can tell them that you're going to be ending your job, and they will adjust your EFC accordingly. I'd imagine it'd be zero.

I know the community college in my area gives out about $5600 per quarter when you've got a zero EFC

then we would have low crime?