What Is The Importance Of Scholarship Money

“I’m so proud of them. Nothing’s ever too much for them to do... It’s called using what you’ve got” Mrs. Stephenson, a Frankford High School culinary teacher, explains how she is delighted that her students use the culinary skills she taught them—despite their chaotic homelife situations—to try to win scholarship money to pay for college. The documentary Pressure Cooker features a group of Frankford High School students from Northeast Philadelphia who are competing to win up to eighty-thousand dollars each in order to pay for their college tuition. Many of the students attending Frankford High School come from low-income families, so they typically ponder about how they will be able to pay next month's rent instead of thinking about college. Culinary competitions have become a new way to …show more content…
Although there are currently about sixteen million students enrolled in American colleges, college educations are still inaccessible to many people—like Erica, Tyree, and Fatoumata. Recently, the Culinary Institute of America (CIA)—along with other institutes—has gifted the possibility of a college education for students in need of scholarship money by granting them millions of dollars. Besides impressive grades and tremendous athletic ability, culinary talent is a new, emerging way for students to earn money to pay for their college tuition. It is our responsibility to continue promoting these competitions, because it provides students a college education—something they would never achieve without the scholarship money. Competitions also prepare students for the culinary world once they graduate from college, and sets them on a path to a successful future. As a collective whole, we need to continue to grant scholarships for inner city children and place them on a path that leads them to a rewarding