tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post5651986965518246421..comments2024-02-15T06:40:30.058-06:00Comments on DREAM ACT - TEXAS: Military provision, an OPTION, a CHOICE, a DREAMMarie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-89981700187856185852008-03-23T14:44:00.000-05:002008-03-23T14:44:00.000-05:00Thanks so much Fash!!!I am so frustrated because u...Thanks so much Fash!!!<BR/><BR/>I am so frustrated because u do understand. Many times DREAM Advocates get so lost and think that all qualified DREAMERS will go to college because that is the only thing they know... but truth is no. Many, and many... i need to repeat, will be left out of options and will choose the military option.<BR/><BR/>There are many DREAMERs out there that have to take care of families, cant afford college and are not the best students, not because they dont want to, but because they have 2 or three jobs to take care of and when another option like the military comes along... well, im afraid they will go for that.<BR/><BR/>Thanks one again.Julihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00863581264301085935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-11310345804711330892008-03-23T02:20:00.000-05:002008-03-23T02:20:00.000-05:00I honestly didn't think about the financial burden...I honestly didn't think about the financial burden(becuase each state will decided to offer financial aid or not), primarily because Texas students can apply for financial aid and didn't think beyond our state...what you mentioned is well pointed out...and tought that the DREAM Act wouldn't have any type of negative influence regarding financial aid...but it very will...<BR/><BR/>I did leave out the population you mentined and you are right..many will not have the choice to select education because of many barriers, ...just take the following for example: Recent immigrants will not be likely to select the military option because their perception of the military is not the same as one who has been in the states longer time...say all their lives<BR/><BR/>thanks for the feedback...and other points :-)Donajih-https://www.blogger.com/profile/03912116476395185300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-71283217752778065072008-03-20T04:24:00.000-05:002008-03-20T04:24:00.000-05:00Excellent post, so I hope you don't mind if I thro...Excellent post, so I hope you don't mind if I throw my two cents in. <BR/><BR/>You know, as much as I support the Dream Act, I've had to turn a blind eye towards the military option, much like I had to do with the age limit. Here are my reasons why:<BR/><BR/>1. The DREAM Act is the ONLY CIR measure that has such harsh requirements. Does anybody believe that a wider amnesty for the 12 million will include a requirement to complete an education or military service? None has yet. Why is it that the group of undocumented migrants who had no choice (in most cases) but to break immigration law is to be given a harder time of getting legal than the rest?<BR/><BR/>2. Most of the DREAMers I speak to are college educated, or educating, or headed there after high school, and because of this I think you guys are forgetting that not everybody can do this. There are many DREAMers who are high school drop outs, who will have a hard time just passing their GED, much less passing two years of college course. There are many who won't be able to get scholarships, and don't live in Texas where financial aid is offered. There are many who are not fluent in English--so adding a few years of ESOL education, which wouldn't count towards the two years most likely, PLUS the two years, it would be hard to complete in 6 years. Then there are simply life circumstances: if their parents get deported, caring for their siblings; having their own kids; losing jobs; etc. In some of these cases, an extension might apply, but in most it wouldn't.<BR/><BR/>So, I'm with you in that, while I disapprove of war, I'm completely okay with any DREAMer who decides to take the military option. My problem is that I want the military option to be a choice, and I feel that many DREAMers won't have that choice and will have to be forced into the military option because they can't afford an education.<BR/><BR/>...I don't know. Thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com