Why education Sucks

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The truth about education

Common Questions:
Why does school suck so much?
I hate school, Why do I have to go?
I hate my teachers, why do they pick on me?
Why does the education system suck so bad?

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How can you afford to study now (or very soon)?

There are many ways to afford tuition and help pay for other expenses even if the student is starting very soon or is already studying. For some programs, it depends on your financial situation. For other financial help, it depends on the student's grades and achievements.

Free Financial Aid 

With free financial aid programs, you are given money to help pay for higher education expenses. You do not need to repay the money you receive.

Scholarships 

Scholarships are a type of financial aid award given to students based on academic achievements (or having good grades in school), financial need, participation or interest in sports or drama, or a variety of other requirements.

Bursaries

Bursaries are awarded based on merit and need. The terms of bursaries differ - some are 'no ties', others require you to work for the company that awarded the bursary when you finish your studies.

Education Loans

There are loan programs that come from the government or from banks. You will need to pay back the money you are given. Learn more about these loans.

Student Loans

Students apply for loans to help pay for their higher education expenses.

Additional Ways to Make Studying Affordable

Financial aid, education loans, and scholarships do help families and students afford to pay for college. Find out more about these programs from your high school guidance counselor, local library, or the Financial Aid office at your chosen institution.

But there are also other ways to make studying more affordable, especially for families who aren't comfortable taking out a loan. These ideas are things that students could to do in order to afford higher education.

Stay at home

Unless you have to travel in order to do the course you want, stay with family while you are studying to cut the cost of residence fees. If you do need to live away from home, try to find options that are cheaper than residence, such as shared accommodation, or staying with a family member in that town.

Work while you study

By working part-time while studying, you can help pay for some of your expenses. You can study part-time at an institution, or do a correspondence course (distance learning). Many HE institutions have special 'student job-shops' on campus that help students to find part-time jobs. You can also sign up with 'Find a Student' online.

Meet with a counselor at your institution's financial aid office

Your institution may be able to offer additional financial aid programs. Make sure to make an appointment with a financial aid counselor to find out what other options might be available.

What’s really wrong with America’s education system

It’s amazing how education reform was suddenly transformed into the Democrats’ key domestic policy issue. Consider the Democratic strategy for improving urban education in America so far: Dump millions and billions of our tax dollars down the ratholes of failing school districts in the name of saving our children, a tactic which has consistently failed for two generations.

Democrat-sponsored legislation on education reform has consistently been hijacked and directed by teachers’ unions. Their enormous financial support of the Democratic Party has given them a huge say in the shape of Democratic legislation on education.

Sadly, our failing schools have continued to diminish in quality, not because our students and teachers are inferior, but because of politics. Washington bureaucrats, national legislators, governors and local leaders have for the last forty years tied themselves to the failed education policies supported by teachers’ unions. Any attempt by these elected officials to allow parental choice or create more charter schools is likely to reduce the number of incompetent educators, hence these attempts are automatically viewed as a threat by union leaders.

This should not surprise us; teachers’ unions advocate for teachers and only teachers, not for taxpayers, not for students, not for their parents. They want higher salaries more than they want better educational outcomes; they would rather enhance job security than rid their ranks of bad teachers. Educational success is not their first priority, and it will never be achieved by throwing more money at a problem that refuses to fix itself.

Over time, in both Democratic and Republican administrations, political theater has substituted for hard educational choices. Theater has worked for most power brokers because it is easier than articulating thoughtful policies and selling them to a public that doesn’t have the patience for them. Even as their hard-earned tax dollars are being wasted on a failed educational system, voters seem unable to believe that spending more money on their children’s education is a completely wasted investment, especially in minority neighborhoods.

Liberals and the unions have consistently beat the drums to demand more money, and real spending per student has tripled since the 50s and is among the highest in the developed world. Our educational achievement puts us in the bottom half of that club, however, as luxurious salaries for swelling ranks of administrators, grandiose conferences, and even state-of-the-art schools have failed to translate into better education. We spend more per child than almost any other country in the world to provide that child with an education that has almost no value in the real world.