This attitude/expectation is not a surprise. It is a natural extension of the culture we've created - "It's not fair" and "I deserve more":
"Is access to graduate education in America exclusively for the upper class? As a first-year graduate student struggling to make ends meet, I believe the answer is yes. In my experience, searching for funding to pay the extensive costs of my higher education has been an upward climb leading only to dead ends."
Just like countless others who have come before you. You are NOT guaranteed success in this country - or in life for that matter. Hard work will increase your chances!
We are failing to redistribute the wealth in America, and the divide between the upper and lower classes is widening.
Good! We should fail to "redistribute wealth"! That is not the goal of a free, capitalistic, democracy. Again, equal access, not equal results!
Money invested in graduate education will benefit the government by improving the
quality of life for citizens.."
And since when is "government" a smart investment?
The writer is a first-year graduate student at American University working toward a master's degree in public administration.
Probably the most disturbing part of the editorial is that the bio of the author. She's studying to work in government!
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We are failing to redistribute wealth in America? I sure hope so. What a whiny, elitist, entitled rant. If material things are more important to you, get a job as a stock broker. You can do it with a (free) high school degree. If you aspire to what you think is a "higher calling," accept that supply and demand dictates you won't garner much of an income in return for your higher education.
This is America. You are "entitled" only to what you can get for yourself. I applaud your desire for higher education, but perhaps the more responsible thing to do, particularly since you are caring for a daughter, would be to leave your profitless pursuit and become a productive member of society.
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