Show the money if you want to be educated
Julija Kaselyte
Students always have excuses for not doing their homework.
One of them frequently is a full-time job, a part-time job, or a night shift. But maybe it should be an understandable excuse.
Being a college student is not cheap and sometimes one job is not even enough for overall expenditure.
Students are forced to ask their parents to help them to survive.
Not to be dramatic, but it is hard not to be lost in the labyrinth of student life.
We want to have fun on weekends, buy new clothes every now and then, I’m not even talking about going on a trip on a very rare occasion – forget about it.
Students primarily need money for their essentials: food, gas, and books.
Sad, but true – prices on campus are higher compared to other companies that have cafeterias.
For example, at some of them you can get coffee for $1 and a complete lunch for $4.
It would be nice to have a
spot here that serves cheap food, so we didn’t have to go to the McDonald’s to get some junk. Being at school all day is tiring and apparently we need to eat, but we don’t want to overpay for a bagel. A bagel to last for the whole day would be ridiculous, what about full meal including a desert? I don’t think it is something affordable for a poor student to get every day.
Not all of us get lucky with financial aid. I personally want to get a degree and it is a lot of fun to learn new things, however, I have to deal with out of state tuition every semester which is not fun at all.
We just paid for Fall semester classes and here is the new enrollment, just around the corner waiting for us to show the money again.
After students pay for classes, they spend more money on books and equipment.
Great if you find what you need at discount bookstores
What happens when they don’t have your required study material? You go to the bookstore and buy a book or two priced at $300.
Our society talks about how educated we should be, but how can we make education more affordable?
