Persuasive Speech Greedy Money Hoarders - 1484 Words

Greedy Money Hoarders Imagine being a student in college, when you receive a letter telling you how much you owe in tuition fees. You already have a full time job, and still manage to get to your daily classes, but with the minimum wage pay you receive you can’t afford the basic necessities and the tuition prices that seem to increase every year. Your parents refuse to help you, so you’re on your own. Parents have decided it’s a cultural norm to have their children leave the house and become self-sufficient when they turn eighteen. Despite â€Å"becoming of age† college and life in general are a lot for one person to handle, and pay for alone. Laws should be put in place that require parents to support their children because the cost of†¦show more content†¦Students don’t have the time to maintain two very demanding, yet completely separate activities College continues to get more expensive each and every year.â€Å"For the 2014–15 academic year, average annual current dollar prices for undergraduate tuition, fees, room, and board were estimated to be $16,188 at public institutions, $41,970 at private nonprofit institutions, and $23,372 at private for-profit institutions. Between 2004–05 and 2014–15, prices for undergraduate tuition, fees, room, and board at public institutions rose 33 percent, and prices at private nonprofit institutions rose 26 percent, after adjustment for inflation,† (NCES). With the mindset of some parents, students have to pay everything on a job that pays minimum wage. Parents should have to take the responsibility of having a child, and that includes tuition fees, especially when many force their children to go to college to have a steady career later in life. â€Å"Rachel Canning, a student at Morris Catholic High School, claims that her parents cut her off when she turned 18 on November 1st and have refused to pay for her higher education as well as take care of a $5,306 tuition bill at her current school. â€Å"My parents have rationalized their actions by blaming me for not following their rules,† Rachel said in court papers. â€Å"They stopped paying my high school tuition to punish the school and me and have redirected my college fund, indicating their refusal to afford me an education as a punishment,† (The