A never thought my letter would get published. It was my first letter to the Times, and I know they get thousands of letters...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/op...=1&oref=slogin
To the Editor:
As I finish my college applications, I often wonder how the American education system is supposed to stay competitive with other countries when the tuition to attend a private college for four years rivals the cost of a house.
With tax cuts for the rich, and the lower and middle classes bearing the burden of the war in Iraq, even public colleges and universities are becoming less of a viable option for millions of Americans. Until America figures out a way to make college a feasible option for every hard-working student, it will lag behind the pace of the rest of the world.
Jamie Fleishman
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2006
Jamie
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/op...=1&oref=slogin
To the Editor:
As I finish my college applications, I often wonder how the American education system is supposed to stay competitive with other countries when the tuition to attend a private college for four years rivals the cost of a house.
With tax cuts for the rich, and the lower and middle classes bearing the burden of the war in Iraq, even public colleges and universities are becoming less of a viable option for millions of Americans. Until America figures out a way to make college a feasible option for every hard-working student, it will lag behind the pace of the rest of the world.
Jamie Fleishman
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2006
Jamie
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