I have to wonder about the politicians in our California State government these days. They want to pass a bill that would give undocumented students access to the same funding as citizens. Yet, because of government cutbacks and other bad moves on their part, state college fees have gone up, classes are cut, and even getting into a public college is very difficult these days. As I posted earlier, my son is finished with high school and not able to attend the local community college. There isn't any room. Another friend with a 3.9 GPA had to wait a year before she could start classes at the State college even though she was accepted.
Simple math would tell one that if there isn't enough for the residents to even begin college, how can the floodgates be open to everyone? I'm not starting an argument here, one way or the other. I just think that having paid into the tax system nearly my entire life, my children should be able to attend college.
The bill, according to the news, is now before the governor. This current governor made a mess of California his first round in office, years ago, so I have little hope on any salvation of sanity here.
The interesting thing is that we had to opt for private colleges for two of my children which has my husband looking at working until he is 75. One son is going to school and living overseas in order to afford it. The more the public school system takes away from us, the more people will turn to other states or private schools . . . which will mean further cuts, even less classes, no opportunities . . . Someone in government needs a pencil and paper as the calculator on their computer sure is crumbling the numbers rather than crunching them.
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