On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/27/michelle-ugenti-arizona-rep-justifies-tuition-hike_n_1304731.html > > "An Arizona House committee passed a bill last week that would require > every student at a public college in the state, regardless of economic > status, to pay a minimum of $2,000 in tuition." >
This article doesn't seem to explain any motivation other than being punitive just for the hell of it. I do think that every student should be made to earn their college experience. So many don't appreciate it. I'm not even sure I appreciated it as much as I could have, as much as I should have... Many poorer students are working jobs in the real world already, and the ones who really don't appreciate it tend to be the rich kids. The (private) college I went to had a program where, if you couldn't afford college, you could work off the college tuition by working on campus. However long it took, you'd go to school a semester and work a semester till it got done. Mowing lawns, working in the cafeteria, in the administration building, motor pool, whatever... In fact, every kid at the school was guaranteed an on campus job if they asked, even if they were not in the tuition program. That's the sort of program that builds work ethic. Also - as a result, much of the school's day to day was actually run by students. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347597 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
