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Football, Dr. Pepper, Presidential Candidates, & lots of Debt
College Affordability is so unavailable to working class Americans that they often resort to entering sweepstakes to pay for it.
When I came in from walking my dog last night, I glanced at my TV and saw something truly remarkable. It was halftime for the Pac-12 Conference Championship Game, and two students were competing in the Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway. To summarize, two college students were throwing footballs into giant Dr. Pepper soda cans, and whoever got the most before time ran out got a $100,000 check for their college tuition. One can only imagine how frantically the participants were trying to miraculously turn into Tom Brady for the 30 seconds of the competition. This made me think of our society at-large. How can a college education become more and more of a necessity to secure basic employment while its cost soars? College has somehow become both overrated and underrated in our society. Underrated by employers based on how much they typically pay recent college grads; overrated by institutions because the degrees they give their students do not grant them the security that it should based on its sky high cost. This is a societal issue; as such, the 2020 Presidential field has spent much time outlining their policies on how to address it. However, the candidates have vastly different plans of action for addressing the…
