High school is the last step before college. It’s four years to plan where you want to go and what major to study. But the first thing needed for college is money. Many people use government loans and pay them off after they start working in their jobs, but this is often not the case for immigrants. Immigrants need to pay and often can’t use government loans. This means they must have good grades to have the chance of a scholarship. Other options are less ideal. Working a long period of time before college and saving up the money is one of them. Sometimes there are no options left, except to give up on the college dream.

Immigrants need to have same opportunities because they should have the ability to have a better job and a new opportunity in life. The sentence “education is for everyone” doesn’t always ring true. I am Latino and I am always trying to have the best grades because I want to have a better life and I want to get a scholarship so I can go to college, because it is the only way for me. This cause me stress, anxiety and sadness because I must be studying all the time. Because we don’t get a lot of help from the government to keep studying, many people decide to not study anymore because it is too difficult to keep going. Sometimes I feel that my head is going to explode because I must keep too much information on it, but I must do it if I want to keep studying and have a better life, a better job so I can help others in the future.

“We needed to have the same rights to get a scholarship and help. It doesn’t matter color of skin or nationality,” said senior Sindy Calles.

The ability to succeed in society should not be limited by your place of birth. 

“No, because education for other people is more easy to have, but for immigrants it is hard because they are not being helped for college,” said freshman Esbeidy Anahi Ruiz Alvarez when asked about the phrase “education is for everyone”. Some people even think that this phrase is lying, as education never ends up working for everyone’s lifestyle. 

“I think that the ESOL students have the right to get educated and help with college. Ever if they are not legal, they should have a right to get at least U.S. loans,” said Mrs. Flores, ESOL teacher.

Equal rights are important for everyone to have to further themselves in society.