Free college is a topic that people have argued about for years and now because of a community college in Tennessee this could possibly be the start to something new when it comes to schooling. Through a new program called “Tennessee Promise “15000 college students in the state of Tennessee are allowed to attend community college free of charge. This is unheard of to most of America considering most of us probably had parents who would save up everything they could get to build up a college fund for their child or maybe the child would even have to save up for themselves. Getting set up for a good future is one of the most important tasks a person can have, but with tuition how it is nowadays it becomes a …show more content…
But just because I do agree with the main idea does not mean I am not aware of the risks that come with it I just support the idea as a whole. There are rules and stipulations that go with this but for the most part as long as you keep your GPA good, Do a certain amount of hours of community service and attend class the government will pay for your tuition. Many states are thinking about adopting this program too, but a lot of states are against the program also. Why? Because for all the pros there are related to this topic it also has its …show more content…
For starters who is paying for all of this? According to an article written by Jill Biden and Eric Garcetti, I found out that it costs 34 million dollars to provide free community college to the applicants in Tennessee alone. This money doesn 't just come out of nowhere. Jill Biden and Eric Garcetti also point out that for the students who achieved Hope Scholarships in high school are going from receiving 4000 a semester to only 3000 a semester to help fund the free community college. The reason this is relevant is because they said that for every student receiving free community college the costs for them come out to be around 3000 a semester. The reason I feel that this is a problem is because of the fact that the kids that actually put their hard work and effort into their work in high school are now receiving the same amount of financial aid as a person that did not achieve a scholarship. I feel that this is wrong because we shouldn 't take away from kids that earned these scholarships to help other kids that did