Maggie's Blog

  In today’s society everyone is often encouraged to go into college after high school and receive a degree in a field they would like to pursue. While many colleges are aimed at helping students reach this goal alone, others are there to provide students with a much deeper understanding of the world. But, of course that can come at a very expensive price for individuals and that can even turn people away from signing up. So the real question is, is higher education worth the price? I believe that higher education is absolutely worth the price tag. For starters, I think that it is important to clear up the misconception that it is impossible to afford a college education. While it is absolutely difficult and can be very taxing on a family, money for a college education is more accessible than ever. In Sanford J. Ungar’s article, “The New Liberal Arts,” he states this about the government and how they help students gain money for education, “But because of their commitment to e...

The lack of knowledge about financial literacy in the United States is a frightening topic to delve into. According to financial experts, nearly eighty percent of Americans are in some kind of debt. I believe this is because Americans are financially illiterate. As of now, only one-third of Americans can pass a basic financial literacy test according to the National Financial Capability Study. People may say that money is not important but unfortunately it is. This mindset is running our people and our country into the ground. If this continues, the next generation of Americans will be in even more debt than ever before. So, let’s talk about what can be done to turn this situation around.       The first step to saving our people from financial ruin is teaching them the importance of what learning about financial literacy can do in their lives. According to financial literacy experts and the department head of the Student Money Management Center at Texas Universi...

          As of now, the percentage of Americans in the United States that are obese is currently 42.0%. That makes the obesity crisis a nation-wide epidemic that affects nearly half of all Americans. At this point, one has to ask whose job is it to grab this issue head on and get it under the control? The answer is the government. While someone’s weight may seem like a private issue, at the end of the day, we can not continue to let this get out of hand as the consequences will be deadly. In the documentary “What the Health,” the terrifying realites of obesity are displayed through a number of people before they turned their lives around. One woman’s body was so damaged from the food that she ate she was no longer able to even walk around her block. Her heart had suffered so badly that she was actually thirty days or less away from having a heart attack. Needless to say, my appetite was gone after I saw the array of health issues she had. Sadly this is a...