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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