Edu my cation

Here is something to think about.

In the US, according to information released by the government, a bachelors degree is worth about $23,000.00 a year. What this means is that a person with a bachelors degree on average makes 23k more than a person with a High School diploma. It seems to me that ummm that is not a lot of money. Considering that I have to pay on average $30,207.00 (Private Institutions) a year for the degree. So by the time I get my degree and I am making that whopping 23K a year more than richie, who works as a phone operator for bell south, I owe about 40k in student loans. depressing.

Now lets look at the other side of this, the cost of college is increasing steadily. This year alone in New York the cost of tuition and fees at public 4 year colleges increased by 6.3% over last year.

Now because of our educationally concerned president's "No Child Left Behind" initiative, The share of grants in funding undergraduate college education has declined each year to 42 percent in 2005-06 from 48 percent in 2001-02. This year alone it appears that the amount of Pell grants is down by $120.00 per student. The average assistance received from all sources is about $4,433.00. Now if you take this number and subtract it from the cost of schools we the student would owe $403.00 per semester to attend a public college in NY. Now should I aspire to attend a private school in the Empire state I would owe $4,486.00 a year.

How can we expect to compete with the world when we make it damn impossible for our children to get the kind of education that would empower them to compete. They say Kids in America are falling behind educationally, well it may not be their faults. From this and other information that I have found it seems that our government is setting our children up to fail. We consistantly cut funding for education and increase spending in the Military. Where is the sense in that.

"No Child Left Behind"...this is as silly as Nancy Reagans "Just Say No"
Fugg these out of touch with reality fuggers. I'm Done.