Honestly, living in Ottawa and hearing about these protests pretty much every night on the news (since there are regular protests across the river in Gatineau) I am starting to get tired of it. As someone who had to work a part time job, while in an engineering program to pay for my university (then two jobs sometimes while I was off in the summer) I don't really have a lot of sympathy for these students. Especially since Quebec has the lowest tuition rates in the country, and tuition rates in Canada are relatively cheap to begin with. On the local Ottawa news after one of the protests in Gatineau they actually interview a parent of one of the students who was arrested, and he actually said that if tuition is raised he doesn't know what he is going to do since he was retired and he is not sure how he is going to pay for his son's university. I was practically yelling at the TV "how about you tell your son to pay for his own damn university". I really think it would be awesome if the government just said classes are on, and if you don't show up, you fail.
Exactly!!! My wife spent 7 years in University and graduated with a Masters Degree absolutely debt free.
Here's how she did it:
Getting good grades in high school thus resulting in scholarships, working part-time and saving her money to pay for her tuition, rent, groceries and other living expenses. Maintaining her high marks and receiving more scholarships and awards. Working in the summer and saving her money. NOT going out to the bar 4 days a week and partying her way through school. Not buying a car with her student loans or an iPad, iPhone, etc..
It's called being responsible and making the right decisions. Her tuition was a hell of a lot more than it is in Quebec by the way.
If it was up to me I would send out the riot cops and beat these fuckers senseless!!! Pretty pathetic that they are allowed to interfere with the students that want to finish school and get on with their lives.
SEND IN THE COPS WITH THEIR BATONS PLEASE!!!!
Well i guess the students are lucky you're not in charge then ha sure beat and injure people because they wan't to stand for what they believe and because your wife did it her way is that like a template so everyone should be able to follow it :fp: ....
You crazy Canadians would crap your pants if you ever looking into going to a university in the states.
$2,100 .... that would maybe get you two to three weeks of education down here (up here is you live in Windsor).
Hmm, imagine going to college and not putting yourself into debt for life. :think:
I don't mind such protests. Instead of just shrugging the shoulders, getting railroaded, and having to deal with 'the man' living anyway they please by setting the conditions and forcing us to deal with them... the commons bonded together and ensured a 'fair' way of life for themselves. I say fair because universities are basically a license to print money- the gatekeepers to several careers... despite inter-competition, they have a monopoly on the 'career market'.
As mentioned earlier, tuition rates are low compared to unbelievably high tuitions elsewhere. But, maybe they are where they really need to be. Once you lose something- you don't get it back. Good for them for committing the energy to preserve their lifestyle.
You crazy Americans would crap your pants the moment you walk into one of our beer and wine stores to purchase 12 beer. $20. Yup. $20. For 12. I go south and drink a bottle of Seven Deadly Zins for $10. I drink horse piss up here because the same bottle of Seven Deadly Zins in my country costs $35 (plus deposit and taxes which would bring it to a smooth $40). Horse piss costs about $14 a bottle.
This situation begged an addressing back when our fine white-collared elite sector initiated exorbitant taxes on liquor... and then more... and more. Whether good or bad... Canada will always pay dearly for its liquor. We're screwed though. We've proven that we'll still pay despite the ridiculous prices compared to, say, the US.
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$2,100 .... that would maybe get you two to three weeks of education down here (up here is you live in Windsor).
Hmm, imagine going to college and not putting yourself into debt for life. :think:
Well i guess the students are lucky you're not in charge then ha sure beat and injure people because they wan't to stand for what they believe and because your wife did it her way is that like a template so everyone should be able to follow it :fp: ....
I don't mind such protests. Instead of just shrugging the shoulders, getting railroaded, and having to deal with 'the man' living anyway they please by setting the conditions and forcing us to deal with them... the commons bonded together and ensured a 'fair' way of life for themselves. I say fair because universities are basically a license to print money- the gatekeepers to several careers... despite inter-competition, they have a monopoly on the 'career market'.
As mentioned earlier, tuition rates are low compared to unbelievably high tuitions elsewhere. But, maybe they are where they really need to be. Once you lose something- you don't get it back. Good for them for committing the energy to preserve their lifestyle.
You crazy Americans would crap your pants the moment you walk into one of our beer and wine stores to purchase 12 beer. $20. Yup. $20. For 12. I go south and drink a bottle of Seven Deadly Zins for $10. I drink horse piss up here because the same bottle of Seven Deadly Zins in my country costs $35 (plus deposit and taxes which would bring it to a smooth $40). Horse piss costs about $14 a bottle.
This situation begged an addressing back when our fine white-collared elite sector initiated exorbitant taxes on liquor... and then more... and more. Whether good or bad... Canada will always pay dearly for its liquor. We're screwed though. We've proven that we'll still pay despite the ridiculous prices compared to, say, the US.