Current Connection: 2.1

In the article "After the Tuition Bill, the Fund-Raising Pitch"  posted at The NewYork Times, by Amy Zipkin, a reporter, reports that after getting to college and letting the tuition cost build up and begin paying on them colleges start hitting up for more money.

As every student goes through school from preschool all the way to their senior year they nor their families have had to pay for the students education. Education, setting students up for life, something our country labels as "free" is something that many surrounding countries are jealous of. How "free" is a education though?

As soon as the student leaves high school they make the big choice of what to do next. Some jump right into the work force, some run off to start a family, some skip to college but of course their is always the few that have a mixture of all. The ones who skip to college after the hard work of senior year and filling out the piles of paperwork realize that the "free" has ended and it's time to start giving in the big bucks.

When you get to college of course the bills start to pile. Student loans, room and board, books, and of course gas and food. Many colleges ask their alumni (graduated college students) to donate money to their facility and try to use a mixture of ethos, pathos and logos to get the freshly graduated alumni and alumni of all kinds to donate as much as they can get.

According to the article "Judy Marrazzo, an entrepreneur who runs GoCampusing, a college touring company on Long Island, said she received calls about four times a year to contribute to her daughter’s school, a well-regarded private university in the greater Philadelphia area that she declined to name while her daughter was still enrolled.

She said she gave $100 once. 'I think it’s terrible,' she said. 'I’m spending $60,000 a year and they are asking me for more money. Are they kidding me?" 

If all through preschool all the way to senior year not a single family had to pay for a child's education but why now in college you have to pay such a large amount then be hounded to pay more? Why do colleges need all this money when you're in lower grades you pay nothing? 

Where is all this money really going or is the high costs and hounding of donations to make up for the "free" education from preschool through senior year?