Week 4
Richard Nguyen
Section 001
April 16, 2015
After reading A Tale of Two Campuses: Berkeley and
Davis respond to Occupy Movements, I am really surprised that nothing really good resulted from the movement on
the Davis campus. UC Davis is not usually known for its protest and movements,
so I assumed that any kind of disturbance will result in an agreement with the
students. Compared to UC Berkeley, they were offered the Middle Class access
plan (MCap) will seems to help students out with tuition. It's frustrating that
UC Davis did not adopt this program too because I would be able to benefit from
it. Right now I think tuition and board is already too high for me. I work over
30 hours a week so I can afford to live and go to school here in Davis and not
take out any loans. It's frustrating to me that I have to be a full time
student and work two different jobs just to not be in debt. It is very
difficult to balance my school work and job at the same time. Sometimes I feel
like I have such a miserable life because I do not get any support from my
parents when paying for rent, school, food, and medical insurance. I hope that
something changes that will make our UC system more affordable. It makes no
sense that the tuition rises a couple thousand dollars every year. Why isn't
the government doing anything about this? It should be a crime to charge so
much for an education.
Question: Was there any positive
outcomes to the Occupy Movement here in UC Davis?
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