2008 Woodie Awards
High tuition, less education
Katrina Cockerill
Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: Opinion
College -- it's that one big push we all decided to give to get an edge on the job market.
We fork over thousands of dollars every year in the hope that we will gain it all back when we step out into the real world. And our reward is a pat on the back from the parents and a boot out the door to get a job.
Not that it's not worth it in the end. However, this swift boot may be forced upon the younger generation sooner than they have planned.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided it's crunch time for California, time to make up for that $14 billion deficit.
And who better to punish than the young aspiring college students? We only paid our parents inheritance or took out thousands of dollars in loans to be here, what's a few more thousand?
And to add to this new budget climate, cuts made to the colleges will prevent many students graduating from high school or transferring from a community colleges from getting into a UC or CSU.
I guess Schwarzenegger was only thinking about our overpopulated classrooms and lack of teachers.
How can we complain? Instead of being admitted to a college, paying tuition, and then finding out you can't get into any classes, Schwarzenegger provides us with the opportunity save our money and hit the real world earlier than expected.
It's easy for a man who has never stepped foot in the world of college to take away the only opportunity for many to get ahead in life.
Perhaps a life of weight training, illegal steroids, and thrilling acting performances is something we all should aspire to in our future. Maybe we too could win the Razzie Award for being the worst actor over the past 25 years.
Or maybe we could fund a restaurant, maybe Planet Hollywood, and lead it to bankruptcy.
Who knows, maybe we could even be governor of California someday.
Do we really want a man who has a history of failing businesses handling our budget crisis?
As a communications major I have found it extremely difficult to get into almost all of my classes. On registration day I sit on the edge of my seat hoping that my classes will still be open.
We fork over thousands of dollars every year in the hope that we will gain it all back when we step out into the real world. And our reward is a pat on the back from the parents and a boot out the door to get a job.
Not that it's not worth it in the end. However, this swift boot may be forced upon the younger generation sooner than they have planned.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided it's crunch time for California, time to make up for that $14 billion deficit.
And who better to punish than the young aspiring college students? We only paid our parents inheritance or took out thousands of dollars in loans to be here, what's a few more thousand?
And to add to this new budget climate, cuts made to the colleges will prevent many students graduating from high school or transferring from a community colleges from getting into a UC or CSU.
I guess Schwarzenegger was only thinking about our overpopulated classrooms and lack of teachers.
How can we complain? Instead of being admitted to a college, paying tuition, and then finding out you can't get into any classes, Schwarzenegger provides us with the opportunity save our money and hit the real world earlier than expected.
It's easy for a man who has never stepped foot in the world of college to take away the only opportunity for many to get ahead in life.
Perhaps a life of weight training, illegal steroids, and thrilling acting performances is something we all should aspire to in our future. Maybe we too could win the Razzie Award for being the worst actor over the past 25 years.
Or maybe we could fund a restaurant, maybe Planet Hollywood, and lead it to bankruptcy.
Who knows, maybe we could even be governor of California someday.
Do we really want a man who has a history of failing businesses handling our budget crisis?
As a communications major I have found it extremely difficult to get into almost all of my classes. On registration day I sit on the edge of my seat hoping that my classes will still be open.
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