[stormpat]

This is probably true for Finland aswell, i was a student in Helsinki (I have lived in the helsinki metropolitan area for the most part of my life) from 2006-2012, and as any kid in his early 20s i wanted to have my own appartment.

So my rent was 650 euros/month, and adding other costs the monthly cost for living was probably over 1200 euros/month.

So school was free, and we also get a student benefit from the government for 9 months each year, the benefit is for everyone studying and its about 450 euros/month.

So as you see i also had to work at the same time, which was fine. I had a job for the entire time i studied, and got a decent salary.

Now, heres the catch. By some idiotic law i cannot make more than 9000 euros per year. If o make more i have to pay back the student benefit.

Why? I pay taxes, i get the points in school? So the government is telling me: DONT WORK!

This law resuts in people dont working, or working just a little bit and ending up taking student loans, and when they are finished studying many have loads for 1000s of euros.

As a student work experience is as valuable as the knowledge from school, i would not hire anyone without work experience, and this is where the finnish government fails.

[gamechangr]

Generous to have a "benefit", horrible to be trapped in the system.