Student life in the context of high inflation

Student life in the context of high inflation
About a week ago, Kate, a friend of mine, told me that she might have to drop out of school this year. She said that she couldn’t handle paying school fee this semester. And that is one of many bad consequences happening to my friend as well as lots of students recently resulted from high inflation. The gas price is going up extremely high so that it leads to a rise in the general price such as goods and services. More seriously, money is losing its values. And all of that make students who mostly depend on parents and haven’t worked yet in dire need, lots of students quit school, they lose their renting house or even don’t have enough money to buy food. In my opinion, high inflation is creating some seriously negative effects on student’s life.
First of all, studying of students is affected badly. In the context of high inflation, all the prices are going up very high so that it absolutely leads to a rise in school fee in general especially private schools. For example, in my university as a public school, school fee increase from 75000VND/credit to 100000VND/credit. As a result, lots of students who do not have enough money to pay for school fee have to drop out of school. Moreover, the price of books, materials, studying tools also increases very high. Its costs a lot of money to buy books and all the stuff needed for learning such as notebooks, pens, dictionary… I still remember that in the last semester, my brother gave me 300000VND to purchase all the books and materials I need. But now, that amount of money couldn’t buy half of the books I need. Consequently, many students are studying without books. The lack of books and learning tools is increasing rapidly so that it effects to the result of studying. High inflation is making students learn less effectively and more distracted.
Secondly, high inflation creates bad health for students. Because of all the extremely high price of food, students cannot afford much nitrous food every day. The price of food is mostly double high. I remember reading on news; a student in College of Finance and Customs told that she went to the market with 50000VND to buy food to cook for a dinner of 4 people. Finally she went back home with nothing much, just some egg, fresh bamboo shoots, spinach and cabbage. Meat is something unaffordable for students. Student’s meals are lacking nitrous food, especially lacking of meat products. As a result, this makes student health get deteriorated. It is easier for students to get sick. In addition, due to high inflation, student’s health is affected badly because they have to earn money by taking part time jobs at night which is supposed to be a rest time after a long day studying. It leads to a lack of sleep; students always get tired and stressful.


Last but not least, high inflation also causes bad effect on social life of students. Going out activities for students is limited due to the high price. Everything is increasing price such as the bus tickets, parking cash, movie ticket… so that going out is not so easy if students don’t have money. Consequently, it is not so often for students to go to a movie or go picnic or go shopping at the weekend anymore. Because students don’t go out, they cannot meet new people so that students are easier to get more depressed and passive.
High inflation these days is causing many serious effects on student’s life, not only studying and health but also social life.