My dad paid for my tuition, but I flunked out and we owed 70K. I am transferred now. You sound independent, it made you a hard worker, you're only becoming more diligent.

After flunking, for years I was working and quitting minimum wage jobs and taking general courses at a local college. Those years I was dealing with a suicidal sister, a violent mother who asked me come home from dorms, family therapy, and a upset heartbroken dad. Things happened and they gave her my car, I was late to work and my classes when I found out my car wasn't in the garage... she needed to meet with her older man friend.. My parents thought I was hopeless, compared me to everyone, they whole heartely supported my engineer-aspiring brother.
Now, I partially paid for my tuition. I got into a program now and my scholarship is paying for this coming up semester at least.

Nowadays we rely on our parents longer because starting out in life after getting out is just too difficult. It makes sense to let you stay at home as long as you can help out. I don't know if she is a trigger for you though..

We don't think we'd go anywhere, but we are... we don't notice it but we realize new things, we accomplish new things, learn new experiences, we will get there... in time. You are what you make of yourself, don't compare yourself to other people, you are working for what you get, they aren't and you should be proud