Thoughts On College Tuition
We are taught at a young age
to pursue an education.
To be thoughtful, intelligent,
because any mediation from
this societal must will entrust our future
be in the ground.
No job will hire those who are not
education bound.
Until 12th grade we go away
''For our own good.'' Why?
Society says we should.
But if my education is such a vital way
to ensure I become worthwhile someday,
If I won't make it today
without an education beyond 12th grade,
Who are you to say that I should have to pay?
You speak concern about my health,
but your true concern is in your wealth.
Who cares if the student missed class, right?
Her tuition's paying for dinner tonight!
The more class she missed,
the more class she makes up,
the more made up your wife looks
marked up in new makeup.
Why is my education paying for your dinner
while my adolescent body gets thinner and thinner?
If we believe everyone deserves an education,
if we live in a world of job intimidation,
If I can't find work without a degree,
if I can't be who I want to be
If I can't escape the cage known as
Minimum Wage
with the 12 years you provide,
If my future requires collegiate guide,
If you insist art is a lie
and high school level jobs
are where dreams go to die,
If without college I can't afford
food, electricity, or rent,
What makes you believe
I should owe you a cent?
We are taught at a young age
that education is the key.
So I will not apologize
when it infuriates me
that our entire future
relies on our knowledge
and yet you make us pay for college.
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