<prompt> Human: Hi, im from Australia and the semester here recently started. I have about 7K in student loans and our government is raising student loans soon and the inflation on them will be something like 6. I am doing an employable degree computer science which in my opinion is worth the loans.I recently was lucky enough to get 3 interviews for jobs that pay incredibly well for a student and would wipe my student loans clean if I worked for a semester and started going back to university full time next year. I would make about 7-10K if I worked in one of these positions for the rest of semester 10 weeks and double that if I worked in them during the summer holidays. This would wipe my current student debt and give me some savings to put towards future student loans. I am lucky enough to live with my parents who pay for all my expenses. They also give me an allowance of 100 per fortnight which I spend on food and going out, so all the money I make from one of these jobs should I get one of them would go towards student loans.My parents are quite naive and are against me working. But they both went to university for free and dont understand the vicious nature student loans and how much worse they are going to become in my country.  <response>: Keep going to school! Do not take a break until you get your degree. If you want to limit debt take courses in the summer andor work while classes arent going on. Once you start earning money it is very hard for most people to return to a lifestyle that requires for most people a living situation that is less then ideal and very limited funds. Depending on your program it is also hard to take only one semester off. If I missed a semester I would have needed to wait a year for the course to be available again. This isnt the case for all programs but a lot of them only offer certain courses once per year. While the debt isnt great, it is something you can pay off quickly once you get a career position. This is especially true if you continue to live with your parents for a few years after graduating. EDIT: I say take courses in the summer to limit your debt because if you take enough courses over the summer you could graduate a semester early. 