Kutztown STATE university becoming PRIVATE?!! SAY WHAT!

In class we discussed the budget cuts which may or may not be happening next semester.  This discussion upset not only myself, but a lot of the students.  The sad thing is this was not the first class it was discussed in.  I actually found myself bitching about how awful life would be if Kutztown became a private university.  The cost of school is already ridiculously priced which is one of the many reasons I decided to come to a state school.  I am an Elementary Education major.  My parents and I discussed why it would not make sense for me to go to a private institution for my major.  If I become a elementary school teacher I would not be making a huge amount of money.  Which my parents explained to me did not make sense to get my education at Salve Regina, a private school in Newport NJ.  This made me upset because I loved everything about the school. 

            Now that Kutztown University may be forced to become an Private institution the tuition will be priced significantly higher. Not only does this suck for me because I will no longer be able to attend school here but it sucks for the teachers that will most likely be let go.  How can one professor get to know each and every student personally if we are going to be shoved into huge lecture halls all the time and not have a voice.  One of the other reasons Kutztown’s education was attractive to me was because unlike most state schools the student teacher ratio was significantly different.  I knew for a lot of general education classes I would be in a lecture hall but I also knew that there would be time for me to be in classes with a smaller population. If I wanted to be a number instead of a name I most likely would have gone to Pen State! 

            Lastly, most of the professors here on campus take pride in their work.  If a lot of them get cut what is going to happen to the teacher that did nto get cut?  Chances are they are going to have to work triple as hard to grade papers due to the bigger class sizes.  It is not fair that education needs to be cut.  I feel there are many other places that we can cut the money.

            I will not be attending the rally being held to protest the cuts however I know my prayers and thoughts will be with those who are being affected by this stupid and selfish new law.