In the 21st century, education is the basis of life. Without education one cannot succeed. However, it’s getting to the point where one already has to be educated to afford education. The price of post secondary is becoming overwhelming and something has to be done.
While the government spends its hard earned tax dollars elsewhere, post secondary tuition keeps rising at alarming rates. It’s becoming hard to tell if the average student, without parental assistance, will be able to afford schooling in the upcoming years. With the minimum wage still at eight dollars an hour and rising living expenses, it doesn’t seem that students will get a break anytime soon.
On top of rising tuition cost, there are also non-optional fees including: an ever so useful $32.00 activity fee that on a engineering student’s schedule is about as handy as a full time job, a $63.01 development fee that could raise some eyebrows, and a fee of $7.32 for the Canadian Federation of Students.
If tuition wasn’t hassle enough, try buying the sometimes-required books. To put it lightly, if school was a phone bill then books would be the system access fees. Books are often forgotten about and rarely included in the tuition costs even though they can add up to a whopping five hundred dollars on a good day. With prices like these, the decision to buy the book becomes difficult and makes one question if the book is really needed.
Licking your wounds will numb the pain for now, but if you want a second go at the giant, stand up for lower tuition on Feb. 7 2007 and show them your thoughts on the matter. This demonstration is sponsored by the Canadian Federation of Students. For details, check out www.cfs.bc.ca.
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Well written Lorant, I couldn't agree more. Your examples of the inappropriate charges we are faced with (like the $32 activity fee) are completely absurd and I actually went to www.cfs.bc.ca and sent a message to our MLA.
Read it all the way. Good job.
Hey L-man, awesome post.
When you called me up lookin' for some insight I wasn't too sure where you were goin' with this blog, but after readin' it I see the relevancy for your questions. I loved the fact that you tied it in with real world example, an' did a pretty good job with it. Think we got a chance to get free tuition like some other countries? Nah, all a business now, but I bet we have a chance to stop the risin' tuition
Btw, just to scare Tim...you still interested in headin' to the shootin' range with me in a few weeks? :D
That $32 activity fee enraged me as well. I tryed to get it taken off but apparently you can't. The development and CFS Fee's I can understand though.
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