I just finished paying for the next class I need to progress toward my nursing degree. It was a four hour course and the tuition alone was $240. That does not include books.
So, this begs the question:
Why is attaining something so fundamental to the betterment of society as a whole so d@@!!@mn expensive?
Many other countries have virtually free education, and it is not poor quality either. France, for instance covers everything, books, tuition, room and board and the cost is a mere few hundred dollars a semester. And it is a top-notch education too.
Thailand is another example of virtually free education. And a quality one to boot.
So why is it, that in the US, one of the building blocks of our nation has become almost out of reach for those of us not born to wealth? For one to take out a quantity of school loans that would set him or her back 10 years to pay them off is absurd.
What is a solution to this?? There needs to be a way to gain an education and yet not be in debt for the rest of your life.
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