Which is why generally Blue states pay out more in federal taxes than they take in, and Red states take in more federal funds than they pay in taxes?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_taxation_and_spending_by_state

A class may have the same name and number on a transcript, but that class is completely different depending on who is teaching it.

Take for instance a math class. Some teachers allow notes, give extra credit for showing up, and extra credit on their tests. Yet other teachers do not allow any of that. In the former case a C+ effort can yield a B+, while the in the latter a B+ effort may only yield a C+. The second student may have even learned more than the first one, but the second student made the mistake of taking the harder teacher.

It's this reason students get on ratemyprofessor.com and systematically choose the easiest classes. If students take the harder teachers, even if they learn more, they're punished in their GPAs for doing so.

Between the negative generalization in your post, and the negative generalization in your signature; I'm just seeing a lot of negative generalization.

You're kinda big on negative generalizations, aren't you?

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