Give Back My Money

Post-secondary education is important for anyone to get a job. If you do not have post-secondary education, then you might as well not work anywhere. University and college are expensive. You pay for the tuition fees, you pay for the textbooks; even the ones you use once in class, even though your prof told you, you will be using them everyday. And in the end you are paying roughly 2,500-5,000 a semester just to get a mediocre office job. But here is an idea, which I believe should be implemented; for every class canceled, you should get your money back. The argument could be, but then what do they pay the professors. I am sure the school you attend has enough funding to take care of that. For example the semester I paid for is an estimated 2,500 dollars. Each class costs around 500 dollars. The amount of hours spent in the classroom is 45 hours all together for one semester that is about $11.11 per class, which all things considering is not that much, so the school could give back your money for that canceled class, without experiencing any sort of bankruptcy, because there will always be more students attending school, especially now that many people are going back to school as well. Right now my class has been canceled three times, so I would be getting around 30 dollars back. It would be a way for students to not be broke when school is done. Students would be able to quit their part-time jobs to actually work on their homework, rather than going to work and school at the same time. it would be a stress reliever for some students. Other students maybe would not benefit from it as much, because they rent apartments or live in residency and need to pay rent, but with that extra pocket money students could afford better groceries once in a while. That would be a fair way to pay for a better education for getting a higher quality of life.

Another great idea were if textbooks were rented. By rented I mean you pay a certain deposit, and when you return the textbook and it is in good shape, then the school could give back that deposit. Textbooks are one of the most costly products to buy at your university or college. The average college student spends around 1,200 dollars on just textbooks, so that is not included in your student fees. If each student paid a 500 dollar deposit on all of their textbooks, then the school would still make money off of those students that mistreated their books, and more responsible students would be getting their money back. Universities already make enough money with parking, so giving back textbook money would also not affect the university as much.

Student housing is stupid expensive, you are better off renting an apartment not too far from your school. Yes, you pay a deposit that is outrageously expensive, and then due to damage you might not be getting your deposit back, and where does the rental fee go? It goes to the school. Sorry university, but you make way too much money off of us students.

Look at Europe. A lot of their schooling is much more affordable. "The program offers free tuition to families making up to $125,000 a year. Many European countries, like Germany, already offer free college, and they do so for all students regardless of family income level" (https://www.businessinsider.com/how-do-european-countries-afford-free-college-2017-4). because countries like Germany understand that education is important to get a good job and start a life of your own. There is little to no point for them to get their students to pay for school. They see education as a necessity. Even though that money is pulled from tax payers, it is still a great thing that school is essentially free. However, their enrollment rates are much lower than in America.