Many people in society abuse the opportunity of receiving a free education and don’t give a damn about earning a diploma. For instance, some folks like me come from a low-income community, see it as an opportunity of change & a life with positive vibes. Viewing the world crying for a free education inspired me to finish high school and decided to continue-on my education to help the world receive a free an education. Achieving this milestone wouldn’t be possible without my family perseverance & love, my educators for pushing me when I had no faith in me, and last of all my community. My family originally being from Guatemala has me inspired to excel in school. Both of my parents as a child had no choice, but to give up on academics for it was time consuming and pricey too. As a result, they had to survive by learning how to maintain a farm and be able to run a business efficiently However, my parents seen an alternative to support their family in the U.S. for wages are more reasonable. Starting a new life in the U.S. wasn’t easy, even more when they don’t know how to speak English; leading them to jump job to job. Their testimony and first-hand experience made me [realize] that I need to get my priorities [straighten out]. They had to live this life since my junior year of high school, they been doing landscaping & field working for 30 plus years. As the youngest child, I understand how much a diploma means to my parents, so I finished high school with 2 recognizable
The evaluation will utilize an objectives-oriented evaluation approach, thus program objectives and elements will be analyzed to determine effectiveness and goal attainment. An objectives-oriented evaluation approach has been deemed most fitting, as key stakeholders have previously established goals and objectives for the program. Individualized Education Plans (IEP’s) have been created to ensure all students regardless of their disability will have access to an effective and appropriate public education. Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) is an essential component of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004), which indicates students with disabilities will not be denied access to an education. More specifically,
College is a head turner, eye catcher, and attention grabber. From making the decision to even attend to selecting the perfect school, the whole experience turns out to be incredibly stressful and multiple aspects go into what seems simple at first glance. The cost of attending college is on the rise. Parents and students anxiously await scholarship letters to help with these rising costs of education. State schools usually offer a financial advantage, but a new “law” is being proposed - free in-state college tuition to those students with a 3.5 GPA or higher. Few benefits are available and numerous disadvantages are present when it comes to this recently produced regulation. A few negative factors in this situation will be covered and the explanations will go into depth to prove that this idea is too good to be true. Even though the conception of free college is enticing, the cons outweigh the pros.
In the United States of America, College education should be universal and free for all students. According to the department of education, the statics show that at least $60,000 graduate college student will be in debt after coming out of college, and if these college graduate attended an Ivy League even more will increase up to up ward of $100,000 in more debt even before these students get their first job.
In the fall of 2017 about 3.6 million students were expected to graduate from high school in the United States. In the same year, 20.4 million adults in the United States were expected to attend an american college or university (NCES fast facts tool). Almost five times the amount of students expected to graduate high school were attending a source of higher education. From these statistics I came to the understanding that there are many people who don’t go to college right after high school or who are going back to college after a break. A big reason behind taking some time between highschool to college or not going at all can be due to the high price for higher education, “For the 2015–16 academic year, the average annual price for undergraduate tuition, fees, room, and board was $16,757 at public institutions, $43,065 at private nonprofit institutions” (NCES fast facts tool). For some this may not be difficult to afford, however the national average income for Americans was $43,642.15 in that same year (2016)(Sue Kunkel). Consider a family of five who makes the national average of $48,640, trying to put three kids through college at the same time. It would be difficult to successfully put all three kids through unless they were given scholarships or financial aid. I think that it is misguiding to reward only successful high schoolers with higher education opportunities because then we aren’t making education a priority
As a young child, I learned that education would be beneficial to not only myself but also all humankind. Growing up in a Northeast Florida housing project my father and mother did the best they could to raise nine children. My father worked seven days a week in the service industry as a waiter and bartender while my mother worked as a domestic employee in the homes of more affluent people in the south. My father had an eleventh grade education and my mother had not passed the tenth grade before she bore her first child. Neither parent completed high school but they had dreams of their children far exceeding their educational accomplishments. I was child eight of the nine and I knew early on that I did not want to live
I am a daughter of a father who migrated from Sierra Leone with nothing but a suitcase, opportunity and a high school degree. I am a daughter of a mother who struggled to finish high school and she never went back to school for her college degree. I am a sister of four brothers: 1 didn’t graduate from high school, 1 graduated from high school but never pursued a college degree, 1 enlisted in the army and went to college for chemistry and the last one struggled in college for 6 years because of his learning disability. I am Gonto Robinson, a senior, psychology and nursing major, and I will graduate a year and a half late in order to pursue two degrees. Staying in school and pursuing a higher education wouldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t for my family and teachers in high school.
If a person wants to receive a degree, they don 't have to attend a higher education school. In most cities, there are institutes that can get a person to accommodate a degree. These institutes are community college and technology centers. These institutes offer degrees for less money, which makes it affordable for anybody to attend who wants to. Recently, Obama stated that he is trying to "make community college free" for a student 's to have the option to get a college education (Paquette). College education should be free for anybody who wants to take the time to learn new things like public high school. Community colleges offer associates and bachelor’s degree for people who want to plan school along with their busy life schedules, so they can take online courses, nine week courses, or two classes a semester to speed up or slow down their college process. For jobs that do not require a degree, some counselors try to persuade students to attend community college to get the “tech skills needed in the community” for a “cheaper cost” (Cook 6). Community college and technology centers offer an advanced and cheaper way of learning for students not needing a degree, but who want to learn do not have to pay over ten thousand to attend a higher institute. According to “Myths and Reality about U.S. Higher Education” the article claims that community colleges have “the fastest growing enrollments” (392). More people are realizing the benefits of community college and are taking the
My goal is to inform my audience with the knowledge I gained. That the actual problem is that free college is a great idea in theory, but a near impossible reality. That there could be economic and educational changes for the improvement and deterioration in society. This topic is also far from over in the political world. While I may not be able to have free education, it will be a topic me and many other Millennials must vote on. The best thing for these reforms to go through and have any actual chance at standing is to have informed voters. That these voters also understand the economic impact of education and the motives behind the political leaders’
Whether or not college education should be free is a controversial issue. Some may say that because more people would go to college, there may be economic dilemmas; however, this argument is erroneous because it must be understood that the pros countervail the cons. College education is exceedingly expensive, but it provides a plentiful amount of enriching education. College education should be free because it will eliminate student debt, it will provide the opportunity for students who cannot incur it, and it will annihilate stress that is caused by the high expenditure involved with it.
In Michael Gonchar’s New York Times article “Should a College Education Be Free,” he is discussing President Obama’s proposal to allow college free for students attending community colleges. In the article Gronchar states that in order for the suggestion to work the federal government would have to comply. Considering the fact that the government is not the type to hand out money, people were stating that this is merely an opinion rather than fact. However, the president ecstatically acknowledged that the proposal will proceed and that the government would pay three-quarters of the cost. The presidents’ action had triggered a numerous amount of questions such as “What money is this coming from?” including “Should college be
America is known for many things baseball, diplomacy, childhood obesity, McDonalds, and of its vast educational opportunities. Unfortunately many of these opportunities come at an expensive cost. The average for instate tuition at state schools is 9,410 dollars per year so times that by four years it’s a grand total of 37,640 dollars. This isn’t including meal plans, books, and room and board. The United States of America should provide free higher education, college, to all U.S. citizens. The U.S. would benefit from all that this would bring. The expenses that this service would cost is worth the advantages that it provides. There are many people that will be positively affected by a free college education.
The cost of attending a college, university, or any other higher education institution in the United States is becoming increasingly more expensive every year. The United States ranks as third highest in the western world, only behind Mexico and Japan, for cost of college tuition and fees (Business Insider). With a growing divide between those that are wealthy and those that are working to lower class in the US, many students and their families are finding the road to a higher education more unattainable than ever before. American students are paying higher tuition and college fees today than at any other time in the history of the United States’ higher education system. The cost of higher education in the United States should be low-cost or free to any US citizen who wishes to become educated and skilled.
Many European countries such as Germany, Sweden and Finland all have free higher education. Recently democrat leaders in the US have proposed plans for debt-free college. While it sounds very appealing to the general public, such financial plans should burden taxpayers with a significant increase in taxes. Christopher Denhart wrote an article in Forbes, “There Is No Such Thing as a Free College”, discussing the unintended negative consequences of free education. He talks about how Germany had enforced free education and it lead to various unseen problems. He also writes how free education might have a negative impact on the United States. In her article, “'Free' college in Europe isn't really free”, Abby Jackson speaks about how a proposed free higher education in America should not be compared to the free education in Europe due economic differences. While both authors speak about how there is more to lose than there is to gain
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College Education should be free. Initially, my first reason will be about how it manages to help poor students get an education. Furthermore, my second reason will be about how more people would be able to venture onto college. To sum up, my last reason will be that students will have more freedom to choose a major they enjoy. Here is my information to prove this.