Education is the future of our country, no matter where you go. Needing an education is a qualification to get any type of career. If the United States had free higher education, we would have more career driven students, less people having to work in starter jobs, and less fear of educational debt. Going to school is stressful enough without adding debt and work to the equation. People want to learn, to further their knowledge requires education, so why put a price on education if knowledge is free?
When choosing to get a higher education people are choosing to better themselves. Getting an education should be a choice to benefit our society than a privilege. “The belief that people have the right to a free education, whether primary or higher education is threatening to people who fear equality” (Acuña). Why should people not be equal? If everyone had the same opportunity for the same education, jobs can have more workers with the same education. We don’t pay for high school unless you choose to go to a private school, but most people choose public school. Graduating from high school is a stepping stone in any career and it’s free, so, why do we need to pay for higher education if it’s required in our society? If higher education was free, jobs that were meant to give you experience can do just that. No more asking for $15 an hour for a job a teenager is supposed to be doing at minimum wage to learn how to work in the work field. Having a career is what will give you $15 an hour or more to live a decent life, instead of living paycheck to paycheck and struggle while working two jobs to pay rent. Being able to work in a career than a starter job will open up jobs for kids to gain their experience and move onto carriers. Now, not all jobs will start you at this amount which leaves working in these starter jobs a little longer, however with a career path set, going forward won’t be as difficult. Going to school and working is a difficult task, however having to focus on school while going into a job you don’t want to do, but have to do, is a lot to deal with. The reason a lot of people ask for higher pay for these starter jobs is because they can’t get a higher education. This could be because they can’t afford it, they do not qualify, or they just don’t have time. This gets people stuck in jobs, knowing they will be living off of starter job pay. Now, if people choose to go to school to get a career, the starter jobs would have to train the new employees after the old ones leave. There would not be as many people staying in those jobs if they have the opportunity to get a better education, …show more content…
(Robert 116) “In 2010, the government spent $35 billion on Pell grants, $10 billion on financial aid, and $104 billion on student loans.” (Robert 116). Even if the government chose to only have community college free, the costs would be covered. “Free public higher education could be greatly reduced by lowering the spending on administration, athletics, housing, dining, amenities, research, and graduate education.” (Robert 116). Now, taking these things out of schools will lower the costs, however they are also one reasons students go to college. Students want to get out on their own and live at school, play sports and meet new people. How will that be experienced if all higher education was free? Having a free education isn’t the perfect solution and it has its down sides but it is still progress. “The result is often poorly maintained infrastructure, big classes, hard to access professors and languishing students” (McCluskey) There are some downsides for taking these things out of schools making it cheaper, however if the free higher education was just for community colleges that could be a start. It could cause a significant jump in students attending, a waiting list, or even overload the teacher student ratio. There are lots of things to consider, but even with the jump in students they just have make sure there are plenty of teachers for the students that get in each
When choosing to get a higher education people are choosing to better themselves. Getting an education should be a choice to benefit our society than a privilege. “The belief that people have the right to a free education, whether primary or higher education is threatening to people who fear equality” (Acuña). Why should people not be equal? If everyone had the same opportunity for the same education, jobs can have more workers with the same education. We don’t pay for high school unless you choose to go to a private school, but most people choose public school. Graduating from high school is a stepping stone in any career and it’s free, so, why do we need to pay for higher education if it’s required in our society? If higher education was free, jobs that were meant to give you experience can do just that. No more asking for $15 an hour for a job a teenager is supposed to be doing at minimum wage to learn how to work in the work field. Having a career is what will give you $15 an hour or more to live a decent life, instead of living paycheck to paycheck and struggle while working two jobs to pay rent. Being able to work in a career than a starter job will open up jobs for kids to gain their experience and move onto carriers. Now, not all jobs will start you at this amount which leaves working in these starter jobs a little longer, however with a career path set, going forward won’t be as difficult. Going to school and working is a difficult task, however having to focus on school while going into a job you don’t want to do, but have to do, is a lot to deal with. The reason a lot of people ask for higher pay for these starter jobs is because they can’t get a higher education. This could be because they can’t afford it, they do not qualify, or they just don’t have time. This gets people stuck in jobs, knowing they will be living off of starter job pay. Now, if people choose to go to school to get a career, the starter jobs would have to train the new employees after the old ones leave. There would not be as many people staying in those jobs if they have the opportunity to get a better education, …show more content…
(Robert 116) “In 2010, the government spent $35 billion on Pell grants, $10 billion on financial aid, and $104 billion on student loans.” (Robert 116). Even if the government chose to only have community college free, the costs would be covered. “Free public higher education could be greatly reduced by lowering the spending on administration, athletics, housing, dining, amenities, research, and graduate education.” (Robert 116). Now, taking these things out of schools will lower the costs, however they are also one reasons students go to college. Students want to get out on their own and live at school, play sports and meet new people. How will that be experienced if all higher education was free? Having a free education isn’t the perfect solution and it has its down sides but it is still progress. “The result is often poorly maintained infrastructure, big classes, hard to access professors and languishing students” (McCluskey) There are some downsides for taking these things out of schools making it cheaper, however if the free higher education was just for community colleges that could be a start. It could cause a significant jump in students attending, a waiting list, or even overload the teacher student ratio. There are lots of things to consider, but even with the jump in students they just have make sure there are plenty of teachers for the students that get in each