...they did not want to be indebted to their parents? That's what I did. When I finished high school I didn't want to spend my parents money attending uni because I knew if I did there would be tremendous pressure over me in the rest of my adult life. I dont think it was a bad decision because most people my age that I know went to uni and have about the same income as I do now or are unemployed. I'm thinking of attending distance learning now though, because working the same office job with no especialization on anything has become unbearably boring.