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47 and scholarships

April 15th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning

When I think about the millions that our students at our community college don’t have, it’s maddening.  I just saw a headline that half of our Congress are millionaires.

Let me tell you a story of one student:  pregnant with her second child (don’t go assuming too young, she’s not), living with the father of the children, in a run down trailer on a relative’s piece of property.  She has continued to go to school full time, and this week has had her car break down for the upteenth time; had her electricity almost turned off and been told by the state that she doesn’t qualify for more than $20 a month food assistance…what is wrong with this picture?

These students are amazing.  They ought to get Oscars or Emmys or…how about we pay for their education?  I currently have a student from Sweden who outright asked me one day:  What’s wrong with the US government?  Don’t they see when they provide free education they have better workers and happier citizens?  How do I answer that?  The honest way:  whoever said my government was smart? Or thought?

It’s really frustrating to see students struggle so…and, it’s amazing to see students succeed under these conditions.  That is really wanting something; to push so hard to better your life under such challenges.

Bravo to you all, my students!  I shall miss you.

 

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