Is the American Dream no longer possible?
To the editor:
Recently, many professions were declassified by the Department of Education, making it almost impossible for students who want to go into healthcare (nurse, physical therapist, physician assistant, audiologist), architecture, accounting, education, social work, public health, engineering, and business administration.
Classifying these professions as “non” professional limits a student’s ability to attain federal loans to attend the college offering the curriculum they need to receive a diploma for these “non” professions. These are necessary professions to make society work. Students get a job, eventually earning enough to buy a house and make enough money to live the American Dream. Will it still be possible with roadblocks put on a person at every turn in life?
Some now in college studying for a declassified profession may not get enough of a federal loan to finish, let alone those who are 18 years old beginning college.
Then there is the affordable healthcare debacle and the inability to afford a home with the prohibitive cost of taxes and homeowners insurance.
We, as voting members of the USA, need to think wholeheartedly about who makes decisions that affect our well-being. We are a melting pot of people, all who are here from faraway places or born here to live the American Dream, and it starts with not taking away the ability of young people, or people who want to change professions, to succeed.
The professions listed above are REAL professions realized by those who study long hours to become recognized people looked up to for what they do to keep us alive, teach us, and make the world a better place to live in.
Irene Stevenson
Cape Coral