Linked by David Adams on Wed 6th Apr 2005 20:21 UTC
This month's Wired magazine has a terriffic story about a team of students from a high school in an economically depressed part of Phoenix, who took part in an underwater-robot building competition against students from the top universities in the country -- and won. All of the students are undocumented Mexican immigrants who don't qualify for most financial aid or even in-state tuition, and therefore can't afford to attend college, in the US, Mexico, or anywhere. When I read the article I determined to try to do something to help give these kids their chance, and I was delighted to discover that their faculty advisor has set up a scholarship fund for them, and I'm about to donate some money to help. I'd like to encourage OSNews readers to read the story, and if they feel the same way, to donate.
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That's what's messed in this country, we are supposed to be so much better off than the rest of the world, yet the rest of the (poorer) world actually has the right to a Free Education, as well as Free Health Care (look at Australia for a good model), yet here we are FORCED to pay for EVERYTHING, or we can get Loans and spend the rest of our lives paying that crap off.
As for these Mexican kids, that is awsome! Everyone up here seems so predudiced against anyone from a "third world" country, as if they have no intellect or reason, so here these guys come to show them up!
P.S. I'm a honkey.