When the Rich wage war
Aaron Ruiz
Issue date: 3/25/10 Section: Opinion
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Well, it's 2010 folks, but it feels like things are changing once again for the citizens of the U.S. and once again the students are the ones getting most upset.
Recently many students and teachers joined campuses across the state to protest and rally against the budget cuts to our education.
Gov. Schwarz-enegger's recent 2010-2011 state budget plan announcement of $2.5 billion in cuts to schools and colleges has caused pandemonium for students, teachers and other staff because what is at stake for them is a chance for a legitimate education and their jobs.
Students enroll in school to escape their hometowns and to become a successful person in life, but the Governator is making it really hard for any of us to transfer to a university and further our education.
Over the past two years, more than $17 billion has been cut from California public schools and colleges. And we wonder why we couldn't enroll in that one class that we oh so desperately needed to transfer.
Maybe we haven't actually felt the effect of the budget cuts yet, but they're coming. We will notice classroom sizes expanded, we will discover the difficulties of trying to transfer to a university, we will notice certain classes cut all together, especially in arts,
