Blog 5: CATW PRACTICE 2

Our country since the 1960's has struggled to provide the uninsured, Undocumented and the poor with decent psychiatric care. In the article adapted from NewsWeek "The Woman Who Died in the Waiting Room." By Jeneen Interlandi. There was a patient by the name of Esmin Green who died in the waiting room of Broolyns largest psychiatric hospital under the eye of security cameras. The artcile talks about our country not being able to provide good psychiatric care for people who arent able to afford the luxuries of the insurance. It goes on to say that there is just no where to put the patients.

In the article it states "Public hospitals across the country have struggled to provide acute psychiatric care to the poor and uninsured since the early 1960's." I agree with this because its true not only has the country struggled with psychiatric care, but regular care and even in nusing homes. The country is always trying to advertise that we need to take good care of our health but how is that even possible? When we live in a country that cant even provide a decent health insurancce to psychiatric patients just because they are undocumented. This brings me back to an article I read about a bill being passed that illegal students can pay instate tuition in the state of Illinois. If students in that state can get away with education there then why isn't something like that happening for the whole country.

Psychiatric neglect to me is ridiculous. Why is the country outcasting people who aren't able to afford the benefits of health insurance. They shouldn't be left out of being able to recieve the same kind of care as people with insurance.

People in psychiatric hospitals with no insurance recieve the same treatment as people in regular health care, which makes no sense. Mentally Ill people if anything deserve more attention. Not just be thrown into different categories because they have no insurance. It seems like the hospitals mostly care about the people who are coming with the money. They don't really care about the well being of others. With all the money hospitals are supposeably making they should use that to open up new psychiatric hospitals.

REVISION CATW 1

Could you imagine attending a College or University in a different state that allows non-citizen immigrants to pay In-state tuition fees? In the passage An Education in Citizenship excerpted from the Chicago Tribune, Illinois passed a bill recently allowing people who live in the U.S. illegally to pay in state tuition rate. The state of Illinois was not too happy with the passing of this bill because they feel like citizenship is being thrown out the window. The uneven vote shows that this was an easy vote for some of the lawmakers, when in shouldn’t have been.

In the article the writer states, “The notion that someone can have no legal right to be present in the country but be entitled a very expensive and valuable benefit is absurd on its face.” What I think is absurd on its face is the fact that many students that are U.S. citizens don’t usually have a determination, a drive to go to college let alone even finish high school. I believe students that come from other countries have more of that determination to get ahead in life. Being in this country makes them want the best for their families. Rarely are they recognized with great opportunities to attend great schools or scholarships for whatever they want to study. Students that are U.S. citizens like my brother for example in high school loved playing football and ended up receiving a football scholarship at a really good university but decided not to go for it because he didn’t feel the need to go to college at all. He just wanted to be home, party, and work his regular job thinking eventually they will bump him up to a better position. Which they never did, he’s 23 and is just working a regular job at the mall with nothing to look forward to later on in his life.

I have a friend Sarahi who just last month graduated from LaGuardia Community College. It was not until we graduated from high school and started applying to colleges that she found out she was an immigrant. Any other person (citizen) running into a big problem with college applications or something similar would have probably given up. They would not have bothered with finishing the process, she didn’t. With the determination of proving a stereotype wrong that immigrants can't study and won’t get anywhere, she got help from a professor. This helped her land a scholarship to John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Not only did she not let anything stop her, she still has hopes of one day being able to study at Columbia University.

All students legal or illegal are allowed to attend schools from Pre-K all the way through high school. At those points in the children's lives we do not label them or treat them differently, everything is equal. A contradiction occurs when its time for college, in regards to tuition. While my friend Sarahi was a very determined student and found a way to pay high out of state tuition rate. Most are not fortunate enough to find ways to pay for their tuition. We make fools of these students by applying a double standard, giving them high hopes of a career and 12 years of schooling. Only to be left in the dust when it comes time for them to go to college. If citizenship was not an issue through high school, It certainly should not be an issue at college time. That is just hypocrisy.

Blog 4: CATW PRACTICE 1

Could you imagine living in a state where the University you go to allows non-citizen immigrants to pay In-state tuition fees? In the passage An Education in Citizenship excerpted from the Chicago Tribune, Illinois passed a bill recently allowing people who live in the U.S. illegally to pay in state tuition rate. The state of Illinois isn't too happy with the passing of this bill because for a freshmen going into the University of Illinois the difference is $5,302, The current in state rate versus the out of state rate which would be $13,906.The state of Illinois feels like citizenship is being thrown out the window because of this passing. It makes no sense that you're not allowed to be in this country but you are allowed an education for a price.

I dissagree with a the reaction of Illinois to the passing of this bill. Some citizen students in the U.S. don't even know how "lucky" they are to be able to live in a country where you have alot of educational oppurtunity. They take it all forgranted. I have a friend who just last month graduated from LAGCC. Until she graduated high school and started applying for colleges did she find out she was an immigrant. Any other person(citizen) running into a big problem with college applications or something similar would have probably given up, She didnt. With the determenation of beating the odds that immigrants can't study and it costs alot she got help from a professor which landed her a scholarship to John Jay. Not only did she not let nothing stop her she still has hope for being able to hopefully study one day at Columbia University.

Most citizens don't have that drive like Sarahi(my friend.) They just don't really go for oppurtunities like that. Right now their are students getting arrested for protesting for the passing of Dream Act. I believe that no one should be denied the right to an education if you already did kindergarten-high school why not be able to finish off citizen or not?
The bill they passed in Illinois I think should also be passed in NY as well.