The Pros And Cons Of Student Debt

I live in Oak Hill Ohio which is located in the southeastern part of Ohio. Throughout the 18 years that I have lived here I have watched my father struggle from job to job. I have watched him leave the house at five o'clock in the morning to drive to work and then watched him arrive home at around six o'clock in the evening. All of this work and the money gained cannot support a family of five for seven days and still, there are some worse off. This lack of funds leaves academically capable young people unable to attend colleges and forces them to set their dreams lower. Instead of studying to become doctors a young man or woman must instead attend a vocational school during the last years of their high school career in order to achieve free schooling and become a nurse in a nursing home. This is done because the young person feels that it is their only option and for most it is. But in Vocational schools, basic subjects such as English, mathematics, Science, and History are not taught well attracting those
Those that are pushed into making incredibly hard life altering decisions at the age of seventeen or eighteen. Those that are forced to start adulthood weighed down by student debt, because young though they are, they know that schooling above high school level is essential in success as an adult. Most of the people that I have talked to fully intend to attend college, obtain a degree and then move away. I believe that these insights into the middle and lower classes may allow me to contribute something unique to ODI's mission. I believe that higher standards regarding behavior and GPA should be set for those attending and teaching at vocational schools. I also believe that classes should be required for high school seniors to learn about what they should do when applying for colleges and the financial consequences that they may face and how to go about solving