"You give a poor man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
That's an old Chinese proverb (as opposed to a recent Chinese proverb, I guess). Another way to look at it, especially through the lens of the modern day entitlement welfare mentality is, "You give a poor man a fish, and do that day after day, pretty soon he thinks your fish are his fish and he has no incentive to learn how to fish."
On that note, you also have the same mentality of, "I want this really, really bad. I deserve it. I'm entitled to it. Therefore you should give it to me."
And we have this.
Grant money is free money, not a loan that must be paid back. But grant money comes with certain restrictions and conditions. Because Washington D.C. is limited in available colleges and universities, the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG) program was created in 1999 to help defray the cost difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition at public colleges and universities throughout the US, Guam and Puerto Rico. and provides money towards tuition at private colleges and universities within the District, and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) nationwide.
One of the conditions to be able to receive the grant money is that you not only be a resident of the District of Columbia, you have to be a US citizen, and if you are a child dependent, then your parents (or parent) must also be either a US citizen, or a legal permanent resident of the US. Her father is out of the picture, and her mother came here 20 years ago from El Salvador asking for temporary protected status (asylum). She has never been granted refugee asylum, nor is she a permanent resident, nor is she a US citizen.
Soooo, poor little Natalia doesn't qualify for the free grant money, to which she nevertheless thinks she is entitled, and by not getting she thinks her civil rights have been violated. I didn't qualify for college aid, because my parents made just a tad too much money (by $1300 Adjusted Gross Income). But I ended up with a full-ride academic and music scholarship, anyway. If her parents made too much money, she wouldn't qualify for the free grant money, either. Just like she doesn't qualify for it if her parents aren't US citizens or permanent legal residents.
In the Age of Trump, if she wins her case, I can see the entire program being eliminated. Contrary to Popular Progressive and Bernie Belief, there is no Constitutional or inherent human right to a higher education, anymore than there is an inherent right to health care. Sorry.
That's an old Chinese proverb (as opposed to a recent Chinese proverb, I guess). Another way to look at it, especially through the lens of the modern day entitlement welfare mentality is, "You give a poor man a fish, and do that day after day, pretty soon he thinks your fish are his fish and he has no incentive to learn how to fish."
On that note, you also have the same mentality of, "I want this really, really bad. I deserve it. I'm entitled to it. Therefore you should give it to me."
And we have this.
Grant money is free money, not a loan that must be paid back. But grant money comes with certain restrictions and conditions. Because Washington D.C. is limited in available colleges and universities, the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG) program was created in 1999 to help defray the cost difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition at public colleges and universities throughout the US, Guam and Puerto Rico. and provides money towards tuition at private colleges and universities within the District, and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) nationwide.
One of the conditions to be able to receive the grant money is that you not only be a resident of the District of Columbia, you have to be a US citizen, and if you are a child dependent, then your parents (or parent) must also be either a US citizen, or a legal permanent resident of the US. Her father is out of the picture, and her mother came here 20 years ago from El Salvador asking for temporary protected status (asylum). She has never been granted refugee asylum, nor is she a permanent resident, nor is she a US citizen.
Soooo, poor little Natalia doesn't qualify for the free grant money, to which she nevertheless thinks she is entitled, and by not getting she thinks her civil rights have been violated. I didn't qualify for college aid, because my parents made just a tad too much money (by $1300 Adjusted Gross Income). But I ended up with a full-ride academic and music scholarship, anyway. If her parents made too much money, she wouldn't qualify for the free grant money, either. Just like she doesn't qualify for it if her parents aren't US citizens or permanent legal residents.
In the Age of Trump, if she wins her case, I can see the entire program being eliminated. Contrary to Popular Progressive and Bernie Belief, there is no Constitutional or inherent human right to a higher education, anymore than there is an inherent right to health care. Sorry.
