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For her senior art project, Selin painted her grandmother from a photograph taken in 1968: a young woman in a leather jacket, laughing on the back of a motorcycle in Istanbul.
Her classmates assumed it was a movie star. When Selin explained who it was, they were quiet for a moment. "I can’t picture your grandmother like that," one said.
Neither could Selin, at first. She had only known the small woman who moved carefully, who worried about drafts and salt and whether Selin had eaten. Painting her younger face, brushstroke by brushstroke, felt like an act of excavation.
At the exhibition, her grandmother stood in front of the canvas for a long time. Then she turned to Selin with the same laugh from the photograph. "I had forgotten," she said, "that I was ever that brave."
Student debt in the United States has grown to well over a trillion dollars. Some policymakers propose making public colleges tuition-free; others argue for different solutions.
Advocates say free college would expand opportunity, especially for low-income students, and that an educated workforce benefits the whole economy. They note that many countries in Europe offer free or low-cost university education.
Critics argue that free tuition would be very expensive for taxpayers and could disproportionately benefit families who would have paid anyway. Some suggest targeting aid to low-income students, expanding apprenticeships or holding colleges accountable for costs.
Data from states that have experimented with tuition-free community college offer some evidence on enrollment and completion, but researchers caution that results depend heavily on program design.
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Worksheets › Grade 11 English › Integration of Knowledge & Ideas › Integration of Knowledge & Ideas
Free Grade 11 English worksheet (Common Core RL.11-12.9): compare "The Portrait" with "Should College Be Free?" and analyze how each develops its ideas. Skill: Compare texts and evaluate arguments. Level: Grade 11 — also suits Year 12 (UK).
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