In, "An Education in Citizenship", the author explains how citizens are illegally paying in-state tuition, that of those who are born outside of the United States. The author argues how citizens can pay for in-state, while immigration law states that it is for those who are born outside of the United States that are able to pay in-state tuition. I disagree with the statement that the author makes, because there could be various reasons as to why citizens pay in-state tuition illegally.
Paying for college isn't easy. Especially for being in a community college, it is not easy to pay college bills. Even if you have financial aid, it would still be difficult, because it would vary on classes, whether you have passed or fail. This could be one reason why students born in the United States pay for in-state tuition. If you have not known, paying for college outside the state costs double for when paying in-state. By paying in-state, students born in the U.S. would of paid twice as less, and save more money to help themselves. For citizens to pay double the price of college outside the state, than for those who were born in another country to pay in-state. Wouldn't that be unfair? Just to think about it; how can it be that I am born in the United States, and yet I have to pay double, than for those who were not born in the U.S? Not that I'm being racist, but to think about it, wouldn't going to college in another state be similiar than going to college in another country? I disagree with the author, simply because, the minority of people of the AUnited States are not wealthy. As a matter a fact, the number of minorities in the United States is a very huge number. And for the author to argue about citizens breaking the law...well, unreasonable.
Laws are meant to be broken. The author mentions something in the passage. The author says, " The notion that someone can have no legal right to be present in the country but be entitled to a very expensive and valuable benefit of citizenship is absurd on its face." Meaning, the right that someone can pay in-state illegally and get away with it is ridiculous. I find this topic significant because the author points out explicitly how wrong and illegal it is to pay in-state tuition, when born a citizen of the United States. First thing, I don't know about other colleges, but definitely for SUNY, I believe that you would have to pay $4,000 extra for out-state tuition. Another thing is, some people cannot afford payin that much money, and yet, would do everything in their power to go to college, improve their eductaion, and improve their skills. In this generation, life is becoming more difficult everyday. At the same time, prices rise everyday. For the wealthy I would understand, but what about the working class? The working class works for hours, trying to pay bills. Tuition these days are not cheap. Especially for me, I am a working class person. I find it very hard to pay bills. I don't work in a job, in which I work for five hours and is paid $10 million. I wish I could get a job like that, but I clearly know that in reality, it is impossible. Therefore, laws are meant to be broken because the laws can be unfair. Paying in-state tuition when you are a citizen of U.S. is illegal, but compare moving to a different state , from moving to a different country. The rules and laws would be different, same thing as another country.
I do not approve that paying in-state tuition illegally is wrong. I find it as another way to pay off tuition, easier, because every state has different laws, same for countries. So why can't the law of paying out-state tuition be changed?
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