[michaelmrose]

This is patently ridiculous. Many people going to school also can't live at home with mom and dad or at least can't live off mom and dad.

3 years of unskilled labor will leave a lot with just enough to support themselves while the cost of education managed to go up in those 3 years more than inflation. Meanwhile you missed out on years of good earnings at your chosen profession.

Working your way through school has become somewhat laughable. Your advice would leave the majority of people much poorer for following it.