cuts.

We’ve been raised to know that education is one of the most important PART of life, that way we’ll prioritize it first. As if that’s not hard enough, the government continuously cut the CSU schools budget. Why is does that make it more hard than it should be, you might ask? well, that’s because with all the other expenses that tag along, tuition has sky rocketed to over three thousand dollars. Money like that don’t come across very easy. Even through the help of financial aid and loan, it can still be stressful with the thoughts of paying it back and what not. 

This semester there is a 15 unit cap per student, this does not only limit the classes they can take, but worse it will take longer for a student to graduate. “However, even without the newly imposed unit caps, CSUN first-time freshmen take, on average, 5.6 years to earn their degrees, according to CSUN's Institutional Research's 2010-11 data.” Before this new budget cut was proposed students were informed that not many students graduate in the expected four years as how it’s always been. This is a little discouraging because as a first time freshman, I came into a four-year college expecting to graduate in four years. Not only did I expect this, so did my mom. Although, this isn’t a choice I had much to do with, I don’t know how to explain it to her without thinking less of me.This only puts more pressure to work hard and use my time wisely. 

As a first time freshman, I get the benefit of having priority registration- even this priority it was still a hassle to get the classes I really need. After this year, it will only get harder to enroll for the appropriate classes; well any classes at that. What I need to do to avoid being in that position is take part in programs that offer students priority registration. 

Going back to being told to always prioritize education, it seems to me that government don’t give enough to something so important. What I’ve always wondered was, why they spend so much money on things as irrelevant as spending hundred of thousands putting rocks and decorating the side of the freeways, rather than schools which will definitely affect a person.

Although CSUN is occupied by 34,000 students, next school year the $700+ million budget cut will lower that by 2,000+ students. Not only that, the enrollment number will also decrease due toover enrollment. This scares me a great deal because I wouldn’t know what I would do if, God forbid, i am one of the 2,000 students. My family and I put a lot on the line for me to attend college. That would break my heart, but more theirs. They expect me to get something out of college, and I don’t want to let them down as bad as not being to continue school. 

If it were up to be, i’d definitely not go forth with the proposal. There’s other insignificant things that the state can cut, in favor of the students who seek better and successful futures.