Blog Argument

I feel like a potential argument to the argument that I made earlier in my blog is going against privatization.  I spoke about privatization and how it affects other people, especially Hispanics. But can the Hispanic community take some responsibility for their lack of success. America is a place where one must be persistent in order to succeed and must make lay out their own path to success. The quote “The cost of college is a chief concern. Many Latino families do not know the actual cost of a college education or the sources of financial aid and therefore conclude college is not affordable for their children" (Brown, Sarita E., Deborah Santiago, and Estela Lopez, p.42). In some ways yes it is true but that is not to say that college is not do-able. If a Latino had the drive to succeed he might be smart, by starting off in a community college and working full time saving money for the first two years before they transferred over to a four year university. There are many options that a school provides to help pay for an education and if the right career is picked it is easy to take up loans and pay them off like the rest of the people that are in attending college. It is common knowledge to say that most people know that the way to succeed in this nation is to work hard and do whatever it takes to step away from the negative statistics.  There are counselors and people whose jobs are dedicated to helping people find a way to pay for college, paying in increments, taking out loans, student work options all of these things can help make college a realistic goal. It’s not fair for people to sit and complain about the cost because the truth is that everyone has to deal with it and with a college degree it will not only benefit the person but it will also benefit the future generations. If we want something to change we need to change it not to sit around and complain and talk about how race and all these things affect how many people go to college because the truth is there is poverty in every nationality, race and ethnicity.