The Election and Education

We've all seen that commercial where Governor Romney is emphasizing how important a college education is, yet he says "borrow money from your parents if you have to". This is just unrealistic. The expenses of college is skyrocketing and the dorms at state schools are filling up because they seem to have the only realistic costs. Obama promises to reduce student loans and even proposed a plan that could have students stop paying their student loans after ten years. Is this just a campaign strategy? Who is really for education? 

Mitt Romney established the Abigail Adam's scholarship which gives Massachusetts students who receive "proficient" or above in all categories of the MCAS free tuition at a state school.  So we can't entirely say that Romney is against helping college students out. We must be careful not to listen to everything we hear on campaign commercials, although Obama's plan for students and financial aid sounds much more appealing.
Scott Brown, running for the senator, is for improving the educational system and increasing funding for the schools. Elizabeth Warren also believes in the investment of education claiming it will lead to a better workforce and a better country.

It is also a known fact that schools lose a lot due to budget cuts. I can remember a year in my elementary school where we only had physical education because music and art were cut. It is so important that congress makes sure elementary schools do not lose these critical extracurricular activities. It is also important that more teachers are hired. Schools should NOT suffer but unfortunately they suffer the most.

None of the candidates involves in tomorrow's election are actually against education. They all want our state and country's educational system to improve, its just the way they go about it and the money they are willing to spend that differs.