Should stay at home moms who never use their degrees have to pay back any grants and scholarships?

I've never heard of a woman going to college, getting pregnant and not pursuing a career, and suddenly becoming stupid and forgetting everything she learned. THAT would be wasting their degree. Intelligence gained is never wasted. A woman doesn't need to be in a formal work environment to "use her degree". She uses it in the way she teaches her children. Oh, so my answer is no. When you sign for a grant or scholarship it doesn't stipulate that if you don't pursue a relevant career their money was wasted and you owe it back. I think if a school gave grants to a woman who pursued and completed an education, then successfully raised highly intelligent children but never pursued a career, they would be just as happy to see that. Children are our future, remember?

No. Assuming she kept up her grades and maintained the scholarship when she was in college, then once the graduated the financial transaction is done. She was given money to go to college, she went, and once she's graduated that's it. She can go do whatever the hell she wants.

So according to your logic, then any individual who pursued a degree with a scholarship or grant, but works in a field completely irrelevant to their degree, should have to pay that money back? Are you for real? Do you know how many people get a degree and never use it for anything, it's not just stay at home Moms. My ex went to school and got a degree and never spent a single day working in the field after college. My brother has 2 Masters degrees, one of which he obtained completely on scholarship. After he got it he went into another field, got another Masters in that field, and then went on to complete his PhD. He doesn't use his first Masters degree, so should he have to pay it back? Your logic should be about anyone in general, not just SAHM's.

Um no. They were awarded to the woman for her hard work in school. Why the hell should she have to pay them back? Who cares what someone does with their education after they get it? Should people who don't use their degrees have to pay back their grants or scholarships if they choose a different line of work that doesn't even go with the degree they earned? That's just stupid and to be honest it sounds like you have something against women who are stay at home moms.

Being a stay at home mom is a choice. She also made a choice to sign the agreement to pay the loan back. There is NO reason whatever that she should be forgiven the loan unless she has become disabled or dies. As to the 'waste' of the college education, getting an education is not just about getting a job, although for many of us, it is. I can't see college ever being a waste unless you don't benefit from it. Many who are in college foolishly waste their time - they would do better to go to a 2 year vocational college because that's what is better for them. Nobody is 'given' degrees. They earn it. What they do with it afterwards is their business. Women educate their children, whether the child goes to public school or is home-schooled. Women with degrees are often better able to do this because they know the value of education.

don't know how it works where you live but over here you don't just get handed grants and scholarships, with scholarships you have to work very hard to be approved and then hold above a certain grade to keep the scholarship, grants are slightly different but there is a long application process and generally you have to agree to do something in return, for example if studying medicine and you want a grant you need to agree to work in a country area, and usually for a certain amount of time, if you don't then you pay back the money asap, so there would be no grants and scholarships being got without reason, you'd either be working your butt off to keep your scholarship or you'd legally be required to use your degree.

While you're at it, make all the unemployed people and people who are working in a field different from their degree pay it back too ... because, well, they're not using it either.

That's one of the most lop-sided arguments I've ever seen. You don't even understand the basics of why these things are provided. People receive grants and scholarships to pay their way through college - usually because of need, specific interest or pure scholastic aptitude. There is rarely any written determination that they specifically partake in any activity, except fellowships. There is no access to a crystal ball that determines what will happen with someone's life or whether they'll be a successful contributor to their field. Whose opinion determines the standard? What about the people who earned a degree in one field and have a job in something completely different? What about those working in something more menial? They didn't necessarily do something with their degrees - depending on the standard. Do you want them to pay back too? Where would you draw the line? By the way, an educated mother has been proven to be beneficial to children and to the household - that degree does provide value whether you admit it or not.