University officials voted yesterday for a 12% increase in tuition, which affects me personally. For me, this is an increase of $682- a year, which comes right out of my pocket. And this is actually double the amount of full tuition in 2007.
That's just tuition. There are other charges like associated students, student health, etc., that will come out of my financial aid.
Then I'll need textbooks; a USB headset with microphone; a 2007 or greater version of Microsoft Office (I own 2003, and am using 2010 starter, which sucks); I'll also need an external backup drive--this is required of my department, as well as multiple flash drives, which I have two of now.
My feet are starting to feel a bit chilly.
And one last thing: Neither GE nor Exxon paid one frikking dime in taxes last year. Too bad I'm not a big corporation.
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