Argumentative Essay: Should College Students Be Paid?

Robert M. Hutchins says that “The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” Recently though, some students thought that education should not only be free, but that their student debts should also be cleared. On November 12, 2015, a number of college students across America walked out of their classrooms and marched for the right to a free college education. The students are demanding the right to a free education, a cancellation of all student debts, and that college campus workers should have a minimum wage of fifteen dollars (Quinlan). The actions that these people have taken reflect on how our society expects everything to be handed to them, instead of working hard to earn it.
When the Million Student March began, their first demand was that they wanted the right to a free education. The students need to realize that a college
What the students failed to realize is that they were the ones who decided to go to college. Students have the option to attend a less-expensive college, like community college or online education, or to not attend a college altogether (Bennett). They were the ones who did not work hard enough to earn a scholarship. It is not the rich people’s job to pay for their education. Even if those whose income is more than one million dollars are forced to pay a 100 percent income tax, it would only amount to 616 billion in revenue, which is not enough to cover the 1.2 trillion dollar student loan debt (Beato). It is each person’s job to learn how to be responsible for themselves. It is called growing up and becoming an adult. If each person works hard and actually puts forth effort, they will eventually pay off all of their student loans. They should not be given free money just so they can attend college, that would not be fair to the banks or to the