College Tuition

I am a college student and I find it ridiculous that each year college tuition is continually increased. Remember when we wanted to be the smartest, richest, and most successful country? Well our country is failing this goal as a college education is out of reach for many Americans. An education is a luxury many parents hope their child take advantage of. For lower income families the dream of their children going off to college is distant unless they can receive scholarships but even just a partial scholarship won’t even scratch into the surface of the outrageous costs. The income bracket of your family does not define the intelligence you have. There is a quote by an unknown author that asks a scary question which is “What if the cure for cancer is trapped inside the mind of someone who cannot afford an education?” This question is scary to think about it because it is so relevant to our tuition expenses. Why are we expected to pay an outrageous amount for an education that could help us save lives? We are paying for an education to earn a title so people listen to what we have to say. Many people don’t even consider going to college for the fact that they will live the rest of their life working to pay off their debt. With the expenses of college those who do plan on attending are working while attending high school to begin paying for these classes, but having to spread themselves so thin they are not achieving as much as they could. In my eyes in order for our country to achieve the goals we want, we need to make a college education more realistic by lowering tuition expenses.