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In times of shortage we give up certain things to avoid financial problems. Some give up dinners, going out, their phone or even their car. Some are giving up on education. They are calling it an unnecessary waste of money.
Everyone is talking about the crisis, and that's because it affects everyone. It doesn't only matter to a man sitting on his chair inside an office in downtown Los Angeles, or the construction worker rebuilding a school. Directors, teachers, and even students are dealing with it too.
Colleges are closing classes, students are not buying books, and bookstores are not buying them back or giving them a good price. It is a long chain, in which each character affects the other.
There is a long list of canceled classes this semester. Dozens of students are trying to add classes which are already packed. Education is under attack.
When the present is hard, we tend to focus on it and forget about the future. Some decisions may benefit us today, but tomorrow I'm not quite sure. The outcome is not worth some of the measures we take.
Every college, community, or city feels proud of their outstanding members. Members that have diversify their knowledge and taken opportunities.
We at college want to learn as much as we can on various topics. Leaders should support and encourage this learning by opening more classes instead of cutting them.
Maybe if we discussed this as members of a community college we might come up with different alternatives. Actions that could help us all overcome the recession and lower the impact it is having on our future.
I would like to see more people running to schools during this time, getting all the knowledge they need and preparing themselves for hard times.
I would pain me to see the students in this country giving up. People are dropping out of classes and bringing their education to a halt just to sit back and watch someone else less capable make all their decisions for them.
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I don't know what state you come from, but in California, education always gets cut first, and California has some of the worst education rates in the entire country. It is very upsetting because as a student, I want my degree. I want to go to a 4 year university, and after get a Ph.D. As the future of this country, education should be something everyone has affordable access to, and even before the budget cuts, it was expensive (this goes for all universities and colleges, not just FCC). It's disheartening, and there isn't a whole lot students can do, except rally together and try to provoke change and have our opinions be heard. Maybe you may not appreciate the complaining, but if we complain enough, some of it may get heard, and in turn, we can attend school without the financial struggles.
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