Blog Post #12

Education is a big deal in the United States, especially when combined with undocumented immigrants. In all the states there are those kids that came to this country to receive and education and become something in life. However, many of those dreams are crushed once students graduate from high school and want to go ahead to college. Colleges do not offer undocumented immigrants the possibility to attend college at the rate that other students go for. Many students want the dream act to be passed in order to, "obtain in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. " (Anderson, October 20). This means that undocumented immigrants will be able to attend colleges and universities at the same rate of tuition as the rest of the college students in the United States.

This is an important law that affects many people here in the United States and the countries where these undocumented immigrants come from. I say this because many of these immigrants come to escape the dangers of their communities and to help the family that they have left behind. But without an education, doing this is difficult. Many citizens do not take advantage of the opportunities that education gives them here in the United States while others wish they had the chance to make a difference in their lives for the better. Most Americans do not know what it is to have to work at a young age and not be able to go to school, because here I. The United States it is the law that a child up to the age of 16 is in school. In other countries it is a privilege to actually be able to go to school. 

 Anderson, Nick. "At Montgomery College Undocumented Students Hope for ‘Dream’." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2012. Web. 23 Nov. 2012. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/at-montgomery-college-undocumented-students-hope-for-dream/2012/10/20/3ab575fa-1939-11e2-aa6f-3b636fecb829_story.html>.