Reading Response 2

I loved the "Big Man on Campus" article. It truly summed up the most frustrating parts of the tuition increases for me. The way Yudoff idolizes himself and sees no fault with the way he operates his "business" and the way he feels no need to explain and defend his decisions are all just too much for me to sit and accept. It is easy to feel helpless within such a huge system and Yudoff knows this. He can say nearly anything with little repercussion.

The student essays I found extremely interesting as well. The first essay truly did shock me with his/her very effective examples of just exactly how much the tuition has gone up and its toll on families from all social classes. It used to be that any student who wanted an education could pursue one with very little dependency on their parents. At 200-300 hrs per year to cover tuition costs it truly is completely reasonable to expect a part time school year job and even a full time summer job could cover these costs easily. The third essay, however, also posed very significant points in my opinion as well. The author made some very strong points in their argument and I must say I agreed with their logic with much of what they were saying.