There has
been talk going on about school cuts at CSUN this year and it has come to my
attention that I should learn a little more about it since I do attend Cal
State Northridge after all. So I have been doing some research and it has come
to my mind that we spend a lot of money to pay for our college classes /books
and it’s getting harder to pay. This year Cal State Northridge has enrolled
3,000 more students that should have been allowed to enroll in Cal State
Northridge. Because of this the state wants Cal State Northridge to either cut
2,800 students or to be cut back $ 7million dollars of funding sounds like a
really bad situation to me. I find this very unfair to the students because we
have all paid our money to go to school and learn something useful yet we
cannot get into classes that we have already paid for. Some students have been
cut down from being a fulltime student to a part time student not because of
full classes and too little teachers to run the class. If there aren’t enough
classes and if there aren’t enough teachers then who will teach the students?
Where will the money we spent go? Where will the time and hair pulled out
induced by stress go? Something must be done quickly so we don’t become bold
and so that other students do not have to go through the same problems that we
are currently in.
I have read
a bit on this subject and there where actually live interviews of student on
campus and their reactions about this budget cut that is affecting them severally.
One of the students said that he only come to school for 1 class a week and he
is a junior at Cal State Northridge, he said that he thinks that his semester
at Cal State Northridge is a waste of time because he only has one class. A
normal fulltime student takes thirteen credits a semester, one class would not
be able to fulfill the requirements that students need to graduate on time. Another
student said she only goes to school for nine credits because there aren’t enough
class rooms and that it is really expensive to go college now in time. Some teachers
have even tried to overfill their classes and try to teach students who are
lucked out of classes they really need but those same students might be
eliminated from those class rooms. What will happen to the students that are
being cut because of this, what will they do how will the state and how will
the school live knowing that this is happening? Soon enough we will all know
what is to come. I am a freshmen in CSUN, and it sounds pretty scary considering I am at
the low end of the totem pole and might be one of the first to be cut so I hope
my dreams don’t get chopped down after the money war is over between the state
and the school that I call mine.
