University Fees? Why?

Taking classes online can be great.  I can talk with classmates in my jammies, I can view lectures at 3AM, and I can budget my time as I see fit…  all without stepping foot on campus.

I’m not that far from San Jose State, but I’m still far enough away that I choose not to visit the campus.  As a student, I have never set foot on campus.  I’ve never gone to a sporting event, checked out a book from their library, used the student health center, gone to a concert or play, or received a student ID.  Since I don’t have children, I couldn’t have ever used the on campus childcare.  I’ve never ridden Light Rail, let alone gone to campus on it.  So, please tell me why I must pay $514 this semester for all of these activities.  Anyone?  I hear crickets!

All in all, this semester is costing me a little over $1800 for tuition and fees.  The tuition I can understand.  And $100 of the fees, I can understand since each class costs an extra $50 because it’s considered an Information Science course.  But seriously, the other $514 is ridiculous!  All of the classes in the MLIS program are 100% online now.  None of them are even hybridized.  So why should anyone in the MLIS program have to pay these fees?

I know that money is tight at the school, but why punish the students for the chancellor’s poor fiscal management?

Why should I have to subsidize someone else’s entertainment?

Why should I have to pay for someone else’s child care?

I have no choice.  If I don’t pay, I don’t get that little piece of paper that says I’m qualified to be a librarian.  I just think it’s incredibly unfair to charge people for services they’ll never use.

As my hunny says…  It’s interesting the way prices go up when you don’t have competition.

Uphill

I weighed in this morning and managed to lose that pesky 0.5 pound.  I’ve now lost 30 pounds!  Yay!

To celebrate, I went to work.  Not really, but that’s mostly what I did with my day.

My hunny had his friends over when I got home from work, so I had a granola bar and changed into workout clothes.  Then I went for a walk/jog.  I walked a few blocks down to the park where I pretended to play tennis yesterday.  Then I crossed the street and jogged the length of 6 house fronts, walked 2 house fronts, crossed the street, walked 2 more (back the way I came), and jogged 6.  When I got to the end of the street, I walked to the next street and did it all again.  This might sound difficult enough, but add in that there is a slight to moderate incline since these streets go uphill, and you’d know that it was a bit of a workout.

I was covered in sweat when I got home.  That was when my hunny said “I wanna do it too!” So back out I went.  We only managed 2 streets before he pooped out.  We walked the rest of the route home.

My legs and butt are so tired now!  I can tell they were worked.  But I feel good.  Not sore, just a bit tired and good.