Let’s hope the nation’s next generation of leaders and activists do not come from the University of California system, where students are protesting a tuition hike — $2,500 by summer of 2010. The recession is hitting everyone and every business hard, and no doubt students are struggling as well.
But suck it up, kids. If you really want to get an education from UCLA or Berkeley, then work your ass off to pay for it or beg anyone you could for a loan. Otherwise, be a quitter and transfer to a cheaper school. There are plenty of cheaper colleges around the nation.
Look at this U.C. cry baby:
Laura Zavala, 20, a third-year UCLA student, said she may have to get a second job to afford the increase.
“My family can’t support me. I have to pay myself,” she said. “It’s not fair to students, when they are already pinched.”
And another one:
“We are bailing out the banks, we are bailing out Wall Street. Where is the bailout for public education?” asked UCLA graduate student Sonja Diaz.
University of California, Irvine, economics student Sarah Bana told the board,
“You are jeopardizing California’s future.”
It’s not fair! Where’s our bailout! Save me — I’m California’s future!
Please. If that’s the attitude these students have now, then I predict more doom and gloom for California. Come on, kids. The time and energy you’d spent on protesting meant missed lectures and class assignments. Skipping class to protest a fee hike is not taking advantage of the great higher education afforded to you by the great state of California.
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What a terrible post! Is it only for the purpose of gaining a reaction?
The blogger can’t really be serious. Suck it up? Do you have 2 jobs to pay for your education? Have you experienced what that is like?
The cost of living is so high at UCSB, my school, that many students I know already work full time and are barely making it.
Our tuition is going up 40%, and as a UC student I am told that many of our services will still be cut come next year. I’ve watched this strain on everyone, teachers, advisors, everyone is incredibly stressed. It’s very difficult to get the classes we need to graduate with a reduced budget for the number of classes available. This has made getting into classes difficult for everyone, and in some departments seniors will have to stay another year because of it.
So you could say I’m another “crybaby” because I’m not okay with paying 40% more for a shitty education.
What you are whining about is exactly my point in the post. YOU chose to attend UCSB, knowing that cost of living and cost of tuition is high. In turn, you’re working 2 jobs to support your education, which is something to be admired because that is the consequence of YOUR decision. Higher education is a PRIVILEGE, not a right. If you want it, you have to work for it. Universities operate like a business and compete for teaching staff and students. If you don’t like UCSB, then apply to transfer to another school. If enough students leave UCSB, I’m sure the school will get the message.
BTW if you believe it’s “shitty education” then why stay there? I’m sure there are plenty of other colleges and universities in Santa Barbara.
So yes, suck it up.
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