On Nov. 18 and 19, the UC Regents will ask UC students to pay $585 more to bailout the University of California. With the state giving the UC $637.1 million less, the UC Regents are asking the students to bear the burden of the state’s responsibility to fund higher education.
Education is a right, not a privilege. Herein lies one of the major flaws of the American system and one of the reasons there is such a wide gap between the rich and the poor. Essentially, if all people were given the same opportunities to receive an education, everyone would have an equal chance of succeeding. Equality of opportunity—it is the principle that America was built on, and the principle that can make the American dream possible.
