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I was sitting in my public speaking class enduring the various speeches made by my fellow students. Then this one girl gat up and spoke about student financial aid. She said that it normally takes students 5-6 years to graduate college, and if they did summer classes, they could finish in 3-4 years. Her point was that the government does not offer financial aid for summer classes and they should do so. Then it got personal. She said that has not recieved enough financial aid as it is even though she gets benefits bacause her dad was in Vietnam. Since she can get no aid for summer classes, she has no "income" over the summer. At this point, she broke down crying and said that the government needs to do more to fund her education.
I could not believe what I was seeing. This girl was crying because she was not getting enough money from the government. Her case basically says "I am entitled to this money for my education," yet she has done nothing to earn it. It does not help that she is getting money for what her dad whent through in Vietnam. I am really sick of people thinking that they are entitled to free money from the government.
My opinion on this matter ranges from a wide range of things. My family was not that affluent and my mom couldn' pay my way through college, so I went into the military. I do not consider that free entitlements since I could have come home in a body bag during my time in Iraq. Then there is the fact that high school has become a factory for sending kids to school. Seeing the attitudes and intelligence of a many college students, I can safely say many do not need to be there. It's the guy or chick that is at college to party and has a 2.0 that gets all these wonderful grants from the government for their "higer education" of budwiser and absolute. The fact that about 30% of freshmen do not comeback for their 2nd year supports my claim that not everyone needs to be in college.
My ramblings are over with and I am stepping off the soap box for someone elses turn.
Cheers
Doody
I could not believe what I was seeing. This girl was crying because she was not getting enough money from the government. Her case basically says "I am entitled to this money for my education," yet she has done nothing to earn it. It does not help that she is getting money for what her dad whent through in Vietnam. I am really sick of people thinking that they are entitled to free money from the government.
My opinion on this matter ranges from a wide range of things. My family was not that affluent and my mom couldn' pay my way through college, so I went into the military. I do not consider that free entitlements since I could have come home in a body bag during my time in Iraq. Then there is the fact that high school has become a factory for sending kids to school. Seeing the attitudes and intelligence of a many college students, I can safely say many do not need to be there. It's the guy or chick that is at college to party and has a 2.0 that gets all these wonderful grants from the government for their "higer education" of budwiser and absolute. The fact that about 30% of freshmen do not comeback for their 2nd year supports my claim that not everyone needs to be in college.
My ramblings are over with and I am stepping off the soap box for someone elses turn.
Cheers
Doody