Edwin Gutierrez
We all want a brighter future for ourselves and our families. The American dream is to have a good paying job with great benefits and great people to work with. Now a days, in order to get a good job with great salary, we need to go to college because a high school diploma won't suffice; maybe at a fast food restaurant, but who really wants to work at a low salary job? No one does. With colleges asking for more than the $40,000 per semester -which is what the average American makes yearly- a lot of students are being forced to sign up for loans which ultimately leaves the students with a pile of debt, which may take years to pay off.
With the "the federal government done little to improve the situation, it has made things worse: In 2006, with the passage of the Deficit Reduction Act, the federal government cut $12.7 billion from the education budget– the largest cut in the nation's history." (Huevel, 2), which means that a lot of school funds that help students attend college, like the Pell grant, "a key source of aid for low-income students, have remained stagnant and only pay for about a third of a college education, down from 60 percent 20 years ago" (Huevel, 2). This is a serious matter to all students and parents. With education budget cuts, many of us will not be able to afford the education we so desire without taking out multiple loans and walking around with a huge debt on our shoulders. Furthermore, community colleges are now getting expensive and some of us aren't fortunate enough to receive federal aid. "The consequences of this are grave. According to Campus Progress, it is estimated that between 2001 and 2010 "two million academically qualified students will not go to college because they can't afford it." (Huevel, 3). We can't let this happen anymore. There has to be a way for all to receive an education without burdening ourselves with abundance of debt.
Right to education though government says is accessible to everyone seems to be farther out of reach with every passing year. As you stated we have to right but with increasing tuition and lower earning after graduation, an education is out of the question for many American's. They are forced to take out loans that will put them further into debt. These few factors are enough to turn anyone away from urthering their education.
ReplyDeleteIt’s sad that in order to get a better education we have to sign up thousand dollar loans. There are people who want to believe their lives and a higher education is the only answer. So they go and enroll into school but hit a roadblock, tuition, with the only “drill” being a loan. Once a student graduates they may obtain a good paying job but it will not be good enough to live life with all the bills that comes with it and still pay an expensive tuition debt. This then cause some to consider going back just to get an even bigger income. There’s never really a balance when it comes to this situation. You either take out more loans to get a better education along side a higher paying job or stay at the bottom of the totem pole because you lack education.
ReplyDeleteEducation is very important for our country and it is unacceptable that educational budgets are being cut. Every year, our standing against other countries keeps going down. It would be pretty amazing if the U.S, like some other countries, offered free education. Anybody who wanted to attend college would be able to do so without falling deep into debt.
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