More Political Thought ;)

[Jakey]

I would love to see someone clearly explain how one President can completely overall the secondary education financial system. Sure FAFSA is a joke, but IMHO, the main reason why the financial aid system is so f*cked up is due to one reason: emphasis on minority enrollment. Now hear me out before you get pissed reading this. My justification behind saying that is because I have experienced first hand how over and over again, the colleges, universities, and junior colleges are placing a priority on recruiting minority students. Do I see anything wrong with this? Absolutely not if it is done fairly but I believe the system right now is not fair. Right now too many students are earning full rides to his/her given educational institution simply because of a minority status and not because of academics. My roommate my freshman year here at ISU was a gentleman from central Illinois who's parents grew up in Sri Lanka. He was born in the United States (ironically in Ames), had always lived in the United States, but was on a full ride because of his ethnic background. He was not a National Merit Scholar nor did he have any form of award on his resume justifying his tuition grant. He is currently on a full ride simply because of his status as a minority student. Now if you want to complain about the financial aid system, I believe the minority student requirements for schools needs to be drastically rethought because there are way too many students out there who are on full rides because of their ethnic background, and not because of academics.

[Jakey]

Oh yeah, and those of you complaining about not being able to pay for school, I'm right there with you. I have taken out loans in my name to cover damn near every dime of my education except for 75% of my freshman year ( I will be starting my 5th semester of classes when I go back second semester). Both of my parents work full time but can not afford to fork over thousands to my education mainly due to the heart problems my dad has been fighting since '94 and will fight for the rest of his life. I take that all with a grain of salt when I can stand back and look at the fact that I am fortunate enough to be pursuing a secondary education. How would you like to have been in Iraq or Afganistan when the Commy bastards were ruling those countries. Good luck being able to sit on a message board like this and bitch about how you think you're getting screwed over in the financial aid system. Now young people our age are able to have freedom and enjoy things that they could have never thought of experiencing before.

[Eclipse99]

Originally posted by tpunx99GSX+Oct 14 2004, 06:57 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (tpunx99GSX @ Oct 14 2004, 06:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by 1QUICK4@Oct 14 2004, 06:39 PM
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Someone wanna elaborate on this one, i dont remember any felonys commited it the white house, just some head.


I don't remember any felonies either... I just remember the stealing of our newest nuclear weapons technology and selling it to the Chineese.
That was clinton? nope, dont think so, try again. [/b][/quote]
how about purjuery. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman!" Bill Clinton in front of the surpreme court of the United States of America. Wait wouldn't head be considered sexual relations. Felony.
OWNED!!
Take it bitch

[MustGoFaster]

Well I was planning on voting for Kerry, but after seeing the debates and the websites, I see that they basically want the same thing. I will provide direct quotes from each web site to illustrate a small portion of this point, or prove that it’s not just something I made up.

Subject: Education
Kerry:
"every child should be held to high standards, and every school should have the resources and the responsibility to meet those standards."

Bush:
"Under the No Child Left Behind Act, every student in this country will be held to high standards, and every school will be held accountable for results."

Sounds the same to me. They just have different plans on how to do it. Yes I realize this doesn't apply to college situations.

Well I thought I was going to go somewhere with this but I need to do more reading before I post anything more or decide who I am going to vote for.

Also, if you respond to this chances are I won't respond to you, I will make up my own mind baised on thier web sites and any other info I find credible.

[Jakey]

Originally posted by Eclipse99@Oct 18 2004, 01:01 PM
OWNED!!
Take it bitch
Seriously dude, phrases like that is why threads similar to this end up getting locked on small boards like this and are flat out not allowed anymore on larger board. ;)