OPINIONS
THE PRINT
Student Opinions
Do you think marijuana impairs one's learning ability?
Photos by Jillian Porter
Probably. I know it impairs your
ability to make reasonable judg
ments, so I would assume it would
also impair your ability to take in
and organize information.
- Lissa Cartales
Yes, I believe the use of any drug
impairs learning ability. There is
no useful purpose for doing any
type of drug.
- Nancy Whitman
February 15,1989
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Education money
should exist for
community service
It has often been suggested that young
people perform some kind of-government
or community service after graduating from
high school. Recently, several modifica
tions to this proposal have arisen that link
community service to college funds. This is
an excellent idea.
Voluntary service in the military al
ready provides a college fund incentive, but
not all people are suitable for military serv
ice. Enacting a program of guaranteed college
funding for community service is a good
way to augment the already existing mili
tary college funds.
Under sucha program, students would
perform voluntary service with such pro
grams as the Peace Corps, local hospitals
and retirement homes, homeless shelters,
day care centers, and a number of other
benevolent organizations. In exchange, the
students would receive either tuition waiv
ers or money to complete higher educa
tion. They receive (ultimately) a college
degree, and the organizations they serve
receive muchneeded manpower. Everyone
comes out ahead.
Critics of such programs believe that
this would attach a stigma to community
service, since the rich would be essentially
exempt from this “social work.” But who is
truly richer: those’who go to collegesolely
dependent on their parents, or those who
work their way through by helping their
fellow human beings? Community service
provides more than just college money; it
leaves the volunteer with a broader educa
tion and a sense of charity.
One of the bad habits of many college
students is a lack of a sense of the price they
are paying for their education. They end up
skipping classes and only half-heartedly
trying to learn. This is especially true of
students whose parents are paying for their
schooling. G.P.A. requirements and man
datory attendance fail to address the real
problem these students have: they simply
don’t have a full sense of purpose and re
sponsibility. Students who work to pay for
school know thè cost of their education in
real terms, and seldom waste their oppor
tunity. This is very true of tjtose who have
served in the armed forces; when a person
is subjected to the hardships of field train
ing exercises and guard duty for several
years just to earn money for college he
becomes painfully aware of the value of his
education.
We must all begin to realize that edu
cation does not take place solely in the
classroom. Experience is perhaps the great
est teacher of all, and community service
provides a variety of experience. And
community service provides more of a re
turn on the investment of federal funds
than student loans that go unpaid.
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THE PRINT
No, up to a point As with any
drug, marijuana can be used in
moderation. If you go beyond the
point of moderat ion then you can
expect negative effects including
memory loss and difficulty in
concentrating on your studies.
What is the point of moderation?
Thatisaqucstionthatcanonlybc
answered by each individual.
-John Wells
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