The Importance Of Free Education

Debating the price of tuition has been a long advocated for subject by major liberal parties and as the number of post-secondary education students increases. Schools are accepting thousands of students at time and many have set themselves in a hole so large they will be well into their 30’s by the time (if so) they are debt free from their institution. We understand that a brighter populous is generally a more prosperous country so why not make post-secondary education less of a financial issue? Free education hit a political level in America during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson when he made the statement “It is safer to have the whole people respectively enlightened than a few in a high state of science and the many in ignorance.” Clearly our society has moved roughly 200+ years in the future and we now sit upon the same pedestal. Thomas Jefferson implemented the opportunity for all children to get a free education so that America could push forward and take advantage of the opportunities that the country offered. We …show more content…
Carson argues that many skills and lessons he learned were obtained while he was working in college. Working for money often times opens the eyes of many people of how important it is to respect earned money and people become more independent as well as gaining skills and self confidence. However what is often overlooked is the the fact that tuition is not the only financial aspect of college as many college students know, there is limited space to park and live on campus, meal plans, as well as extracurricular activities that the students must pay for apart from the tuition. The idea that students would not have to work anymore is ludicrous as these costs also make up a substantial portion of attending college, however; the most conflicting aspect of free college tuition is getting the full plan into effect without bipartisan decisions changing the plan to better fit for the opposing