Public University Students: Equalizers or Rebels?

               The students of Public Universities are one of the main groups of the United States. Even though they just composed 5% of the country’s population, they are, without any doubt, and influential and strong group that has experienced many changes throughout the years.

               When education was provided for the Americans in 1700s and 1800s, there were not many students, due to impossibility of many people to pay a good education, and, only white males were allowed to get an education. By the 1900s, these rules began to change, not only for the benefit of women, but also for African Americans and other races. The “Cave days” are now over, and from just a few thousands, now there are 16 million students in the United States, and the percentage it’s still increasing.

            There were so many committees in the Government that would help some groups to learn and fight for their rights, but no one seemed to care a lot for these students, which I found illogical because in order to serve your country, you need to study. Students are the future of every country, and they should be treated fairly. Back to the topic, because there were not many associations affiliated with these Universities, a lot of Student clubs and associations began to form (All this by the 1900s). These clubs or associations, one on each college, would protect the interests for the students, and to decide what is best for them.

                        This specific group of people has experienced many changes. In the past, they would protest for the wrong reasons. One of the major examples is when the white students did not wanted African Americans to attend their same college, but those times are over. Whites, African Americans, Latinos, and other races are able to assist to the same colleges and should not be discriminate because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, etc.  

One of the major controversies involving the students is the fees. Due to the economic crisis in the U.S., the Government is thinking on raising the prize of education (books, credits, etc.) in order to make more money and get out of the crisis. The majority of the students are really   mad; because they think (and I think like them) that education is not a privilege, IT IS A RIGHT, and our legal rights are supposed to be free.

These students, that make protests and boycotts against the Government, are their a group of young, rebel terrorists, or they’re doing the right thing? Keep in touch with this blog for the following days and you will learn a lot of things of this group of people.