School Blues

The FAFSA does not provide insight on how much financial aid you need. All the government cares about is how much money you make and how much taxes you pay. They do not take into consideration, whether you pay a mortgage, just finished putting another child through school, or have had unexpected unusual expenses. They just assume that everybody lives on section 8, has one child, and are fully able. It is not fair that the government is designed to only provide help to low-class families, and leaves middle-class struggling to make ends meet. The FAFSA is not the only way they're doing it either. Students who recieve free or reudced lunch in Maryland public schools are able to take Advanced Placement tests for free, while students who pay full price must pay around $85 to take these test. What the government fails to realize is that 90% of students that qualify for free or reduced lunch are not enrolled in AP classes, and/or do not have plans to further their education after high school.

Okay so, I'm a senior in high school, and I have less than a month left because I have part-time attendance. My plan is to attend Drexel University Fall '09 as a Design and Merchandising major, but my financial aid award is bull shit. They are only offering me $13,500, which leaves me stuck with $39,416+ a year. Thats some shit. By the time I'd finish school I'd be $157,664+ in debt. If I was to make the cheerleading team, which I have tryouts for next week, they'd offer me $1,000+ in scholarships. Maybe if my family was to file for bankrupcy and move to a shelter my parents could use their year and almost a half salary to pay for my four years of school. But in all reality, I doubt that will happen. I'll probably end up at Baltimore City Community College with a poor ass Associate's degree, and resort to being a manger at a local retail store because no real label would hire me with an bum ass associate's degree in the fashion field from a random as school.