1.) Should CUNY be free? Public schools, which are made by the government, are free. Then why aren’t colleges that are made by the government free? Yes, colleges require more money to be supported, but college is a very important part of society because if there wouldn’t be colleges, we wouldn’t have professions and professionals, therefore there won’t be anyone to fix problems that you don’t know how to fix. Society wouldn’t function without college. So, government should fund colleges, same as public schools, so that more people attend and there will be more professionals to help this country thrive.
2.) Mocking and disrespecting Christianity. How can it be stopped, and should it even be stopped? Mocking of religions was always a thing, but in the last couple of years it’s becoming more and more prominent, especially against Christianity. On the media, celebrities very often mock Christianity and it is becoming more and more often. Christians should take action against this. It is very rare to see someone mock Islam or other religions, because they don’t tolerate it, but Christians do, so it makes them an easy target. I believe that everyone should respects everyone’s beliefs and nobody should mock anybody else’s beliefs.
3.) Education focused on teaching kids to be able to work jobs, but it doesn’t mention that there are other ways to make money aside from jobs; such as for example: businesses. Through my experience in elementary, middle, and high school, I have never heard any other form of money-making other than having a job. I think that is very unhealthy and makes everyone’s creative mind very trapped into one goal, getting a job, and not realizing that there are other ways to make a living, sometimes even better ways depending on who you are and your situation. Schools should not just force students to get jobs, but they should also allow students to be more open-minded and explore other ways.
Article for topic 1: CUNY used to be free until 1976, but then they made it cost money. Not everyone can afford college, and not everyone that can’t afford college can receive financial aid. The state payed less and less to colleges and that created a need for colleges to stop being free. The state and government makes enough money to fund colleges though, so it can go back to how it was before 1976, and colleges can be free again. That would be really helpful because more people would afford college. Juicy quote: “According to the city’s Independent Budget Office, state aid accounted for 68% of total CUNY funding in 1989, but only 48% by 2006.” https://www.gothamgazette.com/topics-newestopinions/6444-could-cuny-be-tuition-free-again
Article for topic 3: Real life skills like entrepreneurship has to be taught in schools because when students graduate high school, they don’t know anything about the real world and making money without a job. The only thing that has been engrained into their heads is that they need to get a job and be good employees, but they are not taught that there is more to that. Juicy quote: “The new world order is crying out for smaller government and less admin. It screams out for more autonomy and the spirit that builds on that in order to innovate or to create new business enterprises. It demands the young entrepreneur.” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-we-have-teach-entrepreneurship-schools-now-casely-hayford?trk=articles_directory