Tuition: what's wrong with this picture

[Joe]

I know we don't but should we?
Entrance into a state university (not a community college) is pretty stringent these days. If someone scores high enough on the SAT's to get in, given their background and the language issues, we're passing up the potential of a very smart, motivated young person who wants to work.

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by Joe

I know we don't but should we?
Entrance into a state university (not a community college) is pretty stringent these days. If someone scores high enough on the SAT's to get in, given their background and the language issues, we're passing up the potential of a very smart, motivated young person who wants to work.

Let them show it by wrking to get into the country LEGALLY.

As for ILLEGAL ALIEN'S rights, they are taking them away from us and giving ours to them.
The state already gives licenses to IA's, free healthcare, subsidized housing and jobs, yet we legal, indigenous residents have to "prove" ourselves worthy to PAY for those same benefits. When did we flip over to the "bizzaro" universe?

[scottw]

education is a civil right that everyone is entitled to...it should not be reserved for just the privledged few...we are all citizens of the world....all education universal and universal education for all...it takes a village to educate a village....

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by scottw

education is a civil right that everyone is entitled to...it should not be reserved for just the privledged few...we are all citizens of the world....all education universal and universal education for all...it takes a village to educate a village....

Why does it have to be my/our village and my tax dollars that educate the world?

[scottw]

well, we steal all of the world's resources and indiscriminately attack other countries because of our Imperialist tendencies..the least that we could do is educate the people that survive our scourge of the planet....are you against people having education???

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by scottw

....are you against people having education???

I am not against education but I am for quality education....our system is buckling trying to provide a quality education for our own citizens let alone the World! Most schools will be forced to work under a 20-40% reduction in budgets for the next few years,, how do you maintain a level of quality when all the programs are forced to cut and class sizes increase. On another topic: teaching to the MCAS is not a quality education (IMO).....read in the Brockton Emptyprise today about science fairs: about half the schools surveyed don't have science fairs either they don't have money/resources or time since a science fair doesn't help them pass MCAS.

[saltfly]

Originally Posted by scottw

well, we steal all of the world's resources and indiscriminately attack other countries because of our Imperialist tendencies..the least that we could do is educate the people that survive our scourge of the planet....are you against people having education???

This one too!

[scottw]

Originally Posted by saltfly

This one too!

[saltfly]

Originally Posted by scottw

education is a civil right that everyone is entitled to...it should not be reserved for just the privledged few...we are all citizens of the world....all education universal and universal education for all...it takes a village to educate a village....

I'm taking this as you ARE joking.

[TheSpecialist]

Originally Posted by scottw

education is a civil right that everyone is entitled to...it should not be reserved for just the privledged few...we are all citizens of the world....all education universal and universal education for all...it takes a village to educate a village....

Wrong education cost money, our money , they should not be in our high schools unless they are here legally. What the hell is wrong with people, there are towns trying to get 2 1/2 over rides to save jobs. Most of those jobs are teachers, firefighters, and police, but we have the money to throw away by educating non citizens in our public school systems. The Dems don't get it, and if they keep it up this will be a republican state again..

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by Joe

I know we don't but should we?
Entrance into a state university (not a community college) is pretty stringent these days. If someone scores high enough on the SAT's to get in, given their background and the language issues, we're passing up the potential of a very smart, motivated young person who wants to work.

Joe, its sounds like the right thing to do. But resources are limited, we cannot help everyone, why dont we start with helping American citizens first? The decendants of the people who toiled and sacrificed to build this country should not stand in line behind people whose parents jumped a river or snuck across the border.

[FishermanTim]

Sure, everyone should be allowed to get an education, provided they can AFFORD it. That means playing by the rules, paying tuition, applying for financial aid, and paying ALL, not some/part/none, but ALL of it back.
We legal citizens don't get free college tuition unless we apply ourselves and work for a scholarship. We don't get stuff handed to us as we walk across the border, we pay for it throughout our lives.
Now we will have to pay for THEM through the rest of their lives, and it is wrong!
We aren't allowed to not pay our taxes, so that some poor schmuck that does pay his can pay his and mine now.

My new mantra may soon become :"No hablo englese!"

Keep in mind I have no prejudice towards ANYONE, unless they are taking something that belongs to me, or isn't theirs to begin with.
Then they become a problem that needs solving real fast!
Not a racial, religious or any other "type" of issue, just a personal issue between he/she and myself.

This is why I abhor the current welfare system: it rewards sloth and greed at every level. There is no accountability and no responsibility once a person learns how the "system" works.