In this essay, I seek to argue that students should pay their textbook fees without depending upon the schools. There are the number of reasons behind the increased price of a text book. First of all, we need to understand why the textbooks are so expensive? What makes education and the textbooks high-priced for most of the families residing in the United States and around the globe? Studies shown that most of the students think they will be spending maximum of $300 on their text books but every time scenario turns out to be different.
The publishers are selling and re-selling these textbooks to campus bookstores so they have the chance to sell a book to only one of the multiple students who eventually use it. By doing this, the publishers must cover their costs and make their profit in the first semester their books are sold before the used copies come back into circulation and flood the market. That's why the prices are so high (Granof 172). In order to offset the used book market, publishers do what they can by coming out with new editions every three or four years because of the rapidly changing fields. Publishers also bundle packages together by giving the students workbooks and CDs that are not reusable.
Karon Gibson English 12 Should College Athletes Be Paid to Play? College athletes should not be paid to play sports because most athletes are attending college on full or partial scholarship and receive financial aid packages. This money is basically paying the students to study. Student athletes do bring greater part of the money into the school but most of the money is spent on them to. Paying athletes to play would create a huge gap in college sports because of the ability to pay more at the bigger schools.
Even though athletes will now be able to acquire up to $2,000 that still does not cover the average needs of students that need to pay living costs. Even though people argue that $2,000 may seem like a lot of money it only averages out to only $40 a week. The Ohio State suspensions are a prime example of why the $2,000 dollars needs to be increased, “According to Ohio State, its student-athletes receive $22,258 (in-state) or $36,422 (out-of-state) from their grant-in-aid. But according to the federal government the true cost of attending OSU is more. The Department of Education’s estimate, called the cost of attendance, which includes living expenses is $25,833 for in-state students and $41,244 for non Ohioans.” (Rabinowitz).
Basically as a parent, you are paying for two sets of uniforms and everyday clothes for students to wear out of school! Uniforms usually cost around maybe $200 for 2 sets, maybe even more! Think about how this money can be going towards your child's textbooks and educational needs. Enforcing uniforms on students creates a lack of style and individuality for them. Students won't have the chance to express who they really are when all they have to wear is a silly uniform every single day.
This causes many issues with people and society. There becomes an unneeded amount of people on the streets. This is an ethical problem because the people who choose to be on the streets could be off of the streets but they choose to be lazy and unmotivated although they shouldn’t be because they can relieve themselves of the predicament they are in. This is ethically wrong because people shouldn’t be homeless by choice. It’s not okay because it causes more money to be wasted towards people that shouldn’t be helped at all.
Living off campus can also provide more comfort and freedom. Jackie Chen, a sophomore who has lived on campus for two years says, “ I have already live on campus for two years, it spent more than twenty thousand dollars. But if I live off campus that only cost me fifteen thousand dollars.” Jackie is not only one who cares about the financial situation. Matt, a freshman of Pepperdine says, “ My friend study in the University of Arizona and just spends $3000 per semester for living on campus.” Many students complain that the cost for on living in Pepperdine is too expensive. Even though students who live on campus spend more than the students from other schools and students live off campus, they think they enjoy less comfort.
This is a large number of students who have chosen to continue their education. Universities and colleges can only expand so much. Construction takes much time and is quite costly. It would take years to meet the substantial need for parking. For instance, Biola University was approved for an eleven million dollar parking structure that should be finished by 2010 (Molina).
Many of them don’t currently have health insurance because of how expensive it is. I think it should be our right as free American citizens to gamble with our life or our finances if we don’t want to purchase health insurance. It’s not like they don’t understand the potential consequences of not having insurance and it’s a choice they should be allowed to make. With the prior stipulation of the word “qualifying” health insurance I am sure it is going to cost them a great deal of money that they probably can’t afford. If they choose to pay the tax than they are paying up to $2,100 that they could be spending on healthcare if something was to happen to them.
If you pump in millions of new workers seeking jobs, it decreases the amount of work available. Plus, the laws of economic supply and demand will push the wages down far from what they would be. Another con is that immigrants, especially the poorer ones, consume a high amount of government resources like health care, education, welfare, etc. without paying a corresponding high rate of taxes. Almost all immigrants will start out earning very low wages, and unless they get additional education or training, they will likely