With the recent TOPS cuts students are at an all time low of how to afford classes that they do not even need for their majors.Many students do not directly pay for tuition on their own,but they rely on scholarships and government funded programs to help them because the cost of college is so expensive. If these general education requirments the cost of attendance would plumit making it more affordable for students and for the government programs and any program that deals in the world of scholarships. Cranford emphasises the point that student loans would also go down. This means that students would not be as in debt as previous …show more content…
Though I agree, I do have a personal bias towards the situation because I am in college and a freshman which means taking all of these general education classes. When I was in highschool I had always been so excited to finally be able to take the classes that I wanted to that were based on my major. When I made my schedule for the first time and looked into all of the requirements I saw that I had many ‘“pointless” classes. I come personally from a family that is not well off so I will be in an extreme amount of debt. I believe that if these courses were to be elimnated so would be the amount of money I have to take out in loans. I find myself in some of the classes I am taking now wondering why on earth do I have to take them. I said the other day to a friend “Why do I have to take a math course if I am a psychology/law