Final weekly free writing- the UCD Fee

The student’s problem on UCD campus is high fees for parking, food, and vending machines. I tried to find a solution to this problem by interviewing fifty students.
On the average, they spent about fifteen dollars a day; they spent about three dollars and fifty cent for parking; eight dollars for food, and a few dollars is for drink or snacks from vending machines.

They had to find a part-time job for money, because the UCD students could not get the money from their parents. The grade was going down, because they spent more time on the job than the studying, ten percent of students drop a part of classes to make sure they do not fail the course. The shows affected the studying so much.

The UCD students spent about three dollars and fifty cents for parking. I think it is too expensive for students. The best solution is not work in part-time to make the money. The UCD students can’t do that; because it will affect their studying. So, I think the school needs to abate the price of the parking fee, and imitate the parking polices of high school and get a permit for parking. The other solution is for the government to add more grants to cover the fee for poor students, or get the poor students a special permit for cheaper parking or free parking.

The price of food in the campus is much higher than the price of a high school. The UCD students have to pay over one dollar more for food. The cause of the higher prices is a lack of competition as well as high rental for the business. I think the UCD campus needs to abate the rental for the business for restaurants, and then bring more restaurants. To increase the competition is among the restaurants, the restaurants make the food price lower. Also, the school can get the restaurants some preferential rights and consult with the restaurants, and try to get the patronage, or set up a foundation to provide money for poor students. The UCD campus can make a policy for poor students to get free food, which are the poor students help the restaurants to clear the table and floor.

The drink or snacks from vending machine is little higher than a high school, the UCD students had to pay more than twenty five or fifty cents for each snacks or drink. I think the UCD campus needs to compare with high schools, make a same price with high school. The UCD campus compares different vending machines companies, bring the cheaper vending machines companies in. school can get fee from those companies to help the poor students.

The UCD campus can organize a charitable entertainment every week in our city center, collect contribution to help our school to abate the school fee. If we can solve these problems, I think the UCD students will have a better situation; they will not worry the school fee again, and study well without the pressure.