fair play if that's how it happened. It's difficult to assess from the way story is laid out whether scaffolding came in after the PPL or before that. All that triggered me is that kids these days don't appreciate where stuff at their homes is coming from, thus if your mom and dad paid 10k to get you through your PPL some credit is due and you can hardly call yourself less privileged (than Arab kids with their lambos I suppose?)
If he got his PPL by working for it himself at the age of 17 I've nothing but utmost respect towards him