I am in Favour of the Tuition Increase, and Here’s Why

anyone has taken a reasonable look around the campus, they will notice that our fair university is near a state of disrepair which can be directly attributed to the lack of funding incurred by a tuition freeze. As a simple example, the Armes Building doesn’t seem to have been changed since the early 50’s, when people sat at perfect right angles, had completely flat features necessitating geometrically flat chairs, and voiced no need for cushions. While some classes in Tier Building have gotten a make over, the others still remind me of a sanatorium, which while an untrue analogy, still explains the faint scent of urine when the humidity rises. Furthermore, any health related facility which can gain the nickname of “Gritty Grotto” brings to mind images of a grimy, poorly maintained excuse for a fitness gym. Also, I believe I see asbestos on the wall, which probably violates some sort of health code.
All this being said, there seems to be a solution which frightens people from suggesting it; funding. These are fixable problems, yet the university has had its hands tied by the lack of funding from tuitions. While my examples might be exaggerations, and meant to appeal to your emotions, MacLean’s Magazine and many other university surveys and polls have consistently rank us near the bottom of the food chain. (Even independent US sources have ranked us 17th out of 20). While I might not work for Stats Canada, I did do well in Stats1000 and 2000, which nearly makes me an expert, and in those courses we discussed a concept called correlation. It seems like those universities with high tuitions and thus high funding, tended to rank higher based on quality of faculty, programs, financing, and student-to-teacher ratio.
Question, has anyone here take a science course lately? As I recall I had a teleprompter/video professor teach me biology and run my chemistry lab. Personally, I lay awake in a cold sweat fearing the day that technology takes over and begins using me as a battery, and this, quite honestly, is the first step. Did anyone else see the new Terminator? I didn’t, but I assume that this is how the war began, and from what I hear, most of us don’t make it. I feel that I should be taught by, say, a human being, who I can interact with, and, dare I say it, ask them a question and have them respond. How, you may ask, can we as students stop the machines from taking over the planet? Pay more in tuition to hire more human teachers. By paying a slight bit more in tuition, we can hire more profs, which will reduce class sizes, allow more interaction to help facilitate better learning, and effectively raise the quality of education provided by this fine university.
Another note I would like to state to any nay-sayer of rising tuition is that just by staying in Manitoba 5 years after your graduation, you are able to make back HALF of your university tuition, therefore still making us the cheapest option available for higher education. So please, could you stop complaining about tuition? Yes, it might cost a bit more now, but Manitoba is ripe with jobs, resistant to the recession, and competitive in salary, which will pay off the slight increase in no time...plus the government will pay you half back. Work in Manitoba for five years, get experience on your resume, and get a huge tax check back, all for a slightly higher price in tuition; I’d say that’s a deal! And we Manitoban’s love our deals.