Financial burden lifted

It’s another day in your already stressful life worrying about how you’re going to obtain money to get into a good college. To ease your mind you pick-up the morning newspaper and come to realize you’re staring at a headline that reads, “College is free to those who maintain a high GPA.” Now wouldn’t that be a sight to see in our morning newspapers. Unfortunately, this is an opportunity that hasn’t been presented to people in this country. Although financial aid is available it doesn’t apply to everyone. For the people who aren’t chosen to receive financial aid, student loans are available but you need good credit in order to be accepted and if you can’t get it, then you obviously will have a hard time attending any college. It surprises me that this isn’t an option for people because there is so much potential for students who actually want to go to college but can’t take on the financial burden of attending with out some kind of aid. I believe if we provide this opportunity in the present we will see the benefits as a society in our future.

Students, who are given the opportunity to attend school free-of-charge if they maintained their grade point average (GPA) at a high level, will ultimately separate the slackers from the hard workers who are our future. I feel that this approach towards educating people will filter out the people who commonly attend college simply because their parents are pressuring them into it and not entirely because their child has the desire to be educated. I personally know these types of students who could careless what their GPA is let alone if they attend college classes. I have yet to come across parents who feel obligated to stop funding their child’s education because their GPA slips below average, there fore these types of students aren’t obligated to maintain a high GPA because they aren’t faced with any threatening consequences. This behavior doesn’t create model employees for companies in the “real world.” I believe this is a unique opportunity and could draw people with good work ethic skills who could enter the work force prepared.

If students were able to attend school with out having the financial burden hanging over their heads they would concentrate harder at not only maintaining their GPA but striving for better. There are so many people who attend school that work part and full time jobs just to be able to put themselves through school, and that’s not to mention other bills that they may have. This inconvenience not only takes a toll in their financial life but it will also affect them mentally and physically. I strongly believe that this would be a great incentive for people to work hard for their education without the financial issue coming in the way of that.

There are too many people in this country who would give anything to attend a good college but who have a hard time achieving this goal. Imagine a college who looks out for these types of people who have a strong will to become someone one day and we all know to be that someone a degree of some sort is required. To give a chance for people to attend school for free, only if they keep their GPA high is a gift that just keeps giving. This will drive people to work hard at every grade and hopefully will inspire them to work hard, not only in the classroom but in life as well. I know that this will give the unfortunate people who have been struggling to get off the streets or people who are poor and don’t have a strong support systems an amazing opportunity to build self-esteem. This will also be a good opportunity of the community to give back to its deserving citizens who want to go somewhere and be someone in life.

For the time being this is just a dream of mine that I have for worthy people in this country. To be able to provide this chance to people who would actually appreciate it would be life-changing experience for them. College is great way to further your education while obtaining work skills needed for your future, but many things can come in the way of that and one of the most concerning is the financial part of it. People who would be given this opportunity would excel not only in work but also in their future period. They could concentrate on school and not have to worry about balancing school and a job. I feel that this is an idea that needs to be researched in order to better our country and people as a whole.