2021/07/13

小時候，我以為努力讀書成績好，上大學就不用付學費。長大後，我才發現過去自己有多餘天真。在美國，大學學費相當貴，就算獲得獎學金也要付錢。公立大學沒有私立的那麼貴，可是每年還要付幾萬美金的費用。因為價錢高，一般的家庭都付不起，所以差不多每位高中生要借錢才能去大學讀書。我覺得這樣非常不公平。在現今社會上，很多行業只會僱用大學畢業生，連當收銀員也需要大學學位。如果你從高中畢業後沒有上大學，那麼找工作會比較困難，而且工資還更少。難到想過好生活，就一定要負債累累嗎？我從大學畢業已經兩年了，現在每個月都要還給借來交學費的錢。雖然我借的錢比較少，可是恐怕過了幾年才會還完，有時候覺得很無奈。

When I was little, I thought if you worked hard and get good grades, then you'd get a scholarship and won't have to pay for college. Looking back now, I realized how naïve I was. In the United States, college tuition is extremely costly. Even if you get a scholarship, you'd still have to pay a lot of money. Although public universities doesn't cost as much as private ones, they still charge a lot of money. Since college costs so much, most families can't afford it and many high schools students had to borrow money to attend college. I don't think it's fair. In today's society, many fields only hire college graduates. If you're high school graduate, it's hard to look for jobs and you get paid even less. Why do you have to go into debt if you want to live a better life? I've graduated from art school two years ago. Every month, I have to pay back the money I borrowed to go to school. Although I owe a lot less money than most people, it'll still take me a couple of years to pay it all back. Sometimes, I feel very hopeless.