All I know is that if it weren’t for the government I wouldn’t be at this University right now. While I did get a few scholarships, of the 172 that I applied for, I only received money from 3 and that money paid for about 25% of one year here. I worked 2 jobs while in HS but that saved money wouldn’t have been enough.
My mom was sick and I couldn’t rely on her or my dad to pay my way through college because I have 3 younger siblings.
I did everything I could do and I still needed some aid. Very few were willing to help. I thought my involvement in the community, making a 98 on my 4 semester cumulative Cisco Network Acadamy exam, a high GPA, extra curricular activities such as teen court and marching band, being trade and industrial student of my county, and being the brightest tech student at my HS would have meant something to the scholarships I applied for.
The only reason I got financial aid is because my parents didn’t make enough money. Namely because my mom went crazy. My dad was too busy to help me get my license due to always having to work and my mom was so messed up that she would forget to meet me at school and take me to work so I would walk to work and then walk home. Bless her heart she was an amazing mother up until she had her last baby and was diagnosed with all sorts of things. I believe she was incorrectly diagnosed because I didn’t notice a change until they medicated her, at which point she wasn’t the same woman that raised me. Home life was tiresome and hard on me during HS. It wasn’t easy but I busted my *edited* to do better for my family. I work hard now and I worked hard then.
I don’t believe the government should ‘control everything.’ But I was thankful for the aide from my country and I will pay it back when I get out. I’ve worked multiple jobs throughout my college career to pay for everything I need and to save.
I don’t know what to think. I was helped by the system and if it weren’t for the system I might not be where I am today. My two little brothers might not have the ‘follow in my brothers footsteps’ attitude had I not been aided in some way. If someone else was willing to help my cause then fantastic but they weren’t and so I am thankful for the governments help. This generation of my family will be something more than the previous generation because of a couple of federal grants. Naturally I have loan debt but the amount I could take out wasn’t enough to cover my schooling here, even with its cheap prices.
Another way the system helped my family is, my mom died in 2004 (39yrs old), and due to her death my little brothers and sister receive money from the government because there is no way my dad, at his age, could raise a 15yr old, 13yr old, and a 4 year old on his pay, and in his health, without that aid.
It has been a long road for me and I am thankful for my government. Republican, Democrat, wtf ever. I’ll give back 10 times what I’ve taken, and I will do it gladly.
At any rate, I don’t want this to be a /crymoar post. I just meant it as a, this system helped me. Taxes helped me when I had done everything I possibly could do and no other options lay before me.
It may not be the perfect plan. It may hurt some families. But at least our president will try something. At least there is a plan to be had…
This is the end of my talk on the subject, I made my decision and its too late to change my mind. If it is a mistake then I’ll accept that. I voted for who I thought was right for the job.
This post if full of grammatical errors and I’m too lazy to fix them. I think I’ve been reading too much NoDice.