Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Governor Corbett's Budget Cut

Recently I attended an extra credit event that included the filming of a parody video of what an english class would look like if Governor Corbett got his way with the budget cut. I thought it was very fun and actually realistic. Even though it was a parody video and a little exaggerated, it shows an overall great vision of what an english comp class would look like. An english class taught in a lecture hall would be very difficult considering it is a class that generally is supposed to small and interactive. This is not just about the kids having a difficult time in a large class, but the teachers also. English consists or papers, essays, and long projects and for one teacher to read about 150 papers, well it could take them several months, maybe even a month. By the time the students get their papers back, the next paper is due. I do not know what Joe Corbett is thinking but honestly he will receive hell from thousands of people if his plan goes through. Education is one of the most important things that a person can have, and it is already very expensive as it is. I know adults in their mid 40's that are still paying off student loans, and I am sure when they went to college it was a lot cheaper than it presently is. If the cut goes through, a large amount of students will unfortunately not be able to attend these state schools. And for the students that continue to attend the state schools, well I can not even imagine how long they will be paying off student loans, all because of selfish Joe Corbett. Joe Corbett must not be thinking about anyone except for very high upper class people when he proposed this crazy idea. We are still in a recession and I guess he does not realize that everybody who attends state schools are not as rich as other people, and that all we want is a good affordable education. I did not realize how angry subject has made me until I wrote this blog haha, and I will continue to rage about it, maybe Joe Corbett will even hear from me personally!

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