Texas State University

Date: Nov 02 2009
Major: Political Science (This Major's Salary over time)
I am a graduating senior this December. TSU is notorious for their large tuition increases and irresponsible use of that money for non-academic reasons. In the last year there have been three, look them up they are in the papers, break-ins very near campus that all ended in multiple deaths and wounded homeowners. I have been constantly receiving student news emails regarding a recent sexual assault in the library or an attempted rape in one of the parking garages. The teachers are for the most part, below average with most just hoping for a paycheck and not really seeming to take serious their positions as respectable professors. To sum it up, it's as if you are attending a Public High School all over again. In my opinion though, the very worst part is that coming to college I believed in a challenge, in academic competition and creativity… what I received from this university is a lack of difficulty in any courses, an excused laziness on behalf of the faculty and students, and my own personal disillusionment with the State of Texas Public Education system from K-College. What I have learned in this time is how to continue to educate oneself outside of the institution and for every ball Texas State has dropped in the realm of my education, I have done over three times with my own individual efforts. They have reminded why it is so important to earn your education and not have it given to you.