Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Something Does Not Add Up
Apparently these students robbed a bank for college money. They got away with $130,000. Tuition costs $7,000 for one student and $9,000 for the other. They both receive schorships and financial aid but they said that was not enough. Apparently they needed $130,000 between them to pay for the rest. Hmmm. The article points out that the men said "they faced two options: steal the money or drop out." You bet. Nice defense guys - obviously the paper wants to believe you and make a point about college education costs- but I dont buy it. Enjoy jail.
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Have you seen lately how much paperwork you have to fill out to apply for a student loan? It's ridiculous... much easier to rob a bank.
Seriously though, I agree that these kids are idiots for thinking that robbing a bank was a good idea.
However, your post implies that the paper has an agenda about "exposing" the skyrocketing costs of college. I gotta disagree with you here. The article is simply quoting what the two kids said were the reasons why they robbed the bank. "Both men cited tuition." and "The men said they faced two options: steal the money or drop out."
You've found something that isn't in the article.
I agree with you though in the fact that the kids are stupid.
It is possible that I am reaching when I say the article is trying to make a point about high college costs and whats a poor student to do.
But pay attention to how they introduce our characters. They give a background story on them and what their dreams are.
Seems likely they want us to feel sorry for these kids and say the system is the problem not the students.
I was thinking that Nuclear was right on this one so I clicked to read the article and this was the first 3 paragraphs:
"Andrew Butler should be a junior at the University of Toledo, where the theater major would be starring in school plays, maybe one day headed to Hollywood or Broadway.
Christopher Avery should be a sophomore at the University of Cincinnati, an engineering major with a lucrative career ahead.
Instead, the men are going to prison for at least 20 years because they tried to raise tuition money with two armed holdups last summer."
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
Yeah, no editorial bias here.
Some people, of course, have way more faith in their government and elected officials than I do. Thanks for that pro-federal statement of faith in the administration, Sophist. What a patriot.
dammit commented in the wrong post again. I have to stop opening these all at once in separate tabs.
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