I don’t know if you have noticed, but a lot of people in the United States of America don’t even graduate High School anymore. Maybe they have to support their family or maybe they just hate school, whatever the reason may be it’s just making the U.S. as a whole look stupid. Seriously.
I am one of those people who dropped out of High School, and I regret it every day of my life. I wish I spent more time studying and learning than hanging out with my friends. I wish I took the SAT. I wish, I wish, I wish. I got my GED in Feb. of 2004, so in actuality I “graduated” before the people in my class. I started going to Community college and was doing well. I made the “Dean’s List” and completed 2 semesters and was working on my third, when my Husband and I decided to move to Seattle, WA. Needless to say, I didn’t complete my third. Instead I enrolled in the Art institute of Seattle for Graphic Design.
Everything was great, I was really excited to get a BFA degree in something that I enjoyed doing. I had to take out student loans to go there and it was really expensive. I completed three quarters before I realized that it wasn’t for me. I now owe close to 20 grand. Worst mistake of my life. Now I have something else to regret every day of my life. At least when I went to community college I was approved for grants and didn’t have to pay for books or anything.
I now live in San Diego, CA and really want to go to school. But since I never took the SAT I can’t apply to the 4 year colleges or universities. Plus I didn’t complete enough classes at community college either and my classes I took at the Art Institute will never ever count for anything. Their credits just wont transfer anywhere. My parents never saved up money for me to go to school and my mom is dead and my dad is poor so I can’t ask for their help.
I always hear about how other colleges and universities are free for all in other countries and wonder why it isn’t free here. I also always hear how their aren’t enough people graduating with science and math majors and how we are all stupid and have to outsource to find qualified people. But what are these people doing about it? NOTHING. I WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. But I can’t afford it and I’ve learned that you have to live in California a year before you are considered a resident for tuition purposes. Residents only pay 20 dollars a credit at community while non-residents pay 180 dollars. That’s 540 dollars for a 3 credit class at COMMUNITY college! A resident would only pay 60 dollars for the same class. That’s 480 dollars difference! And it’s not fair.
All I want is for our government to stop spending money in IRAQ, IRAN and the whole Middle East and put it into our EDUCATION! We spend billions on the war and the military and practically nothing for Education. The grants are only good for people who are poor. What about the people who are just above the “poor” line to not be qualified and still CAN’T afford to go to school? Like all the “middle” class people. Gas is so expensive, food is expensive and so is everything else, but we are still getting paid 7 dollars an hour. Our salaries haven’t kept up with inflation and its really starting to hurt. I don’t even want to talk about health care. Most people don’t have it and can’t afford it.
You get mad at me because I don’t take my Dog to the vet, but I can’t even take myself to the doctor! I haven’t seen a dentist since 2000, and that was to take my braces off. If we could at least get discounted education and actually PUSH education maybe we could all go to school and get GREAT jobs so we can afford the Vet and health care. But the way things are going now, it seems there will be two classes: the very Wealthy and the very Poor. No more middle class. We will become a third world country. The American dream is getting farther and farther away and soon it will be a thing of the past. We have to do something now before it slips right through our fingers.
P.S. If you want to sponsor my College Education email me or leave a comment. I’m a struggling student whose goal in life is to become a Psychiatrist. Any amount helps.
Thank you and God Bless.
