Generation Debt

Citation: Kamenetz, Anya. "Generation Debt."Dialogues: An Arguement Rhetoric and Reader. Ed. Gary Goshgarian and Kathleen Krueger. Boston: Longman, 2011. Print.

Summary: Anya's piece the Generation Debt talks about the ongoing debt within American students especially for my generation. Tuition for school is becoming more and more expensive and students are having a hard time making money for their education let alone any other expenses.

Quote: "Young people are falling behind first of all because of money."

Response: College tuition has increase a very significant amount in the past years. Students are undergoing a endless struggle to manage a job to pay for school while maintaining a good GPA. Many students are resorting to community college just because they can't afford a 4 year university. Just to survive in this economy, many students are working multiple jobs to pay off loans or expenses. Also, college textbooks are extremely expensive and many students struggle to pay for all of them. When graduated, students are finding that the debt of their college tuition still haunting them years after.

Not only is tuition something we as students struggle with, but our everyday expenses pay tribute to our major debt. Many students lack the knowledge on how to save money. As a full time student we need to understand how to save. Students spend more than half of their money on food alone. Also, many students feel the need to go out on weekends and spend money on unnecessary things. We need to focus on only the necessities while in such a bad economic situation.

Our college tuition is in an endless uprising. I cannot even begin to fathom the amount of money our children will have to pay in the future just to receive an education.