Project Proposal

Things That Bug Me

Human Trafficking in the U.S

Teen Dating Violence

Redistricting of Bridgeport

Mc Donald’s and other fast food places sponsoring schools

Affordable College Education

Child Abuse

Animal Cruelty

Stereotyping of Bridgeport

Depicting unreal standards of beauty in magazines

No Child Left Behind

Sports Players being paid un-necessarily high amounts of money

For my project I have chosen the topic of affordable college educations. This is a dilemma that is facing many high schools now and anyone that desires to go to college. For example, a study shown in the New York Times showed that since 1985, college tuition costs have risen by 559 percent. This is an astronomically high increase, especially compare to the fact that the cost of just about everything else has only doubled. Especially since the economy has been down and people have been losing jobs, parents can’t afford to pay what they used to. The cost of sending children off to college is making college become a less and less attainable dream. Even if a person is able to pay for college using loans, they graduate with debt and more often than not, without a job. Student loan debt just happens to be the one debt that is non forgivable for banks. I just think that something needs to be done to make college more affordable because as a nation, people are so supposed to be encouraged to go to college to get ahead but with these prices , its saying just the opposite.

I can use change.org to start a petition. It’s helpful because there are many different sections, including one about education, in which people write about anything pertaining to educational system. I found that it would be a great section to get my petition started. This is especially true because there seems to be a high success rates with the petitions on change. Org. One petition in the education section to stop Sallie Mae from charging  an unemployment penalty got them to at least stop pocketing those fees. Also, it showed me how to write an effective petition. For example, many started out with a vivid description of the situation and were full of pathos in addition to some logos. I found it to be a great jumping off point.