tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789696898303902540.post8628354662855747967..comments2024-01-12T04:00:30.687-05:00Comments on UTSC Pulse: Are we all a little too hypocritical?Pulsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043775475086661095noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789696898303902540.post-26073946944188192942012-09-26T11:16:56.227-04:002012-09-26T11:16:56.227-04:00As lupe says.. "Thinkin’ protests are tempora...As lupe says.. "Thinkin’ protests are temporary and trendy, we'll rock a t-shirt and carry a poster and two weeks later it’s back to normal"Moiz Maqsoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293173244300916623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789696898303902540.post-68145433147376725852012-09-26T11:13:01.345-04:002012-09-26T11:13:01.345-04:00Hey, don't feel guilty about not doing anythin...Hey, don't feel guilty about not doing anything about it. The thing is, because Ontario students pay the highest in the country, we have too much on our plate to be as involved as we would like. If you look across Canada, the students with the most campus engagements are the ones with the lowest fees. When students have to take on a job or two, it's hard to come out to these kinds of things. But that doesn't mean that it is nothing we can do about it.<br /><br />Right now the Ontario government wants to change aspects of Post-Secondary education to make it cheaper for them to deliver it. But already because both students and faculty and admins have been vocal against these changes, the government is rolling back. Also, this year the tuition fee framework (the one that let tuition fees go up to 71% in the last 6 years) is up for review, so that is something the government is planning to do that directly impacts the amount we pay for school. So now more then ever our voices need to be heard.<br /><br />On the last point, it is not about just graduating with a huge debt (about $37k avg for students, which almost all student have trouble paying, since its so hard to get a job nowadays) but also about students wanting to get in. With the up front barrier of fees getting worse and worse every year, either students who can't afford to take it on will choose not to attend uni, or pick a cheaper program/faster program and not what they are interested in studying. Which is not fair to a 18year old whose choices they make then will impact them for the rest of their lives. But ya, it's good to see people writing about it, and if you have any more questions or ideas shoot me an email at external@scsu.ca<br /><br />- Guled Arale, VP External Guled Aralenoreply@blogger.com