Visiting
Dresden University of Technology/Carlos Pueblo
The
University is on the other direction of the old town from Dresden hbf,
the central
station, from the old town Dresden. I selected this raining day
to visit
this old institution established in 1825. I passed by a Orthodox
church on
the main road of Fritz-Lofffler Strabe. The architecture outlook
is quite
different from a regular from a Catholic or a Protestant. The University
is located
in a nice mixed neighborhood of residential and commercial area.
I had asked
two Chinese students for the exact location. I was not surprised
for their
choice of here for their study. I reached as far as a library or a student
center yet I
was not allowed to enter without a card to use the facility.
A roommate of
the hostel told me his reason of attending the University. He is
from a city
of 50,000 inhabitants south of Dresden, Bamberg. After high school
graduation,
he worked one year to save money for his study at the college. As
I understand
that the tuition is free for any kind of public education ever since
Bismarck era
and now has been extended to most of the European Union nations;
However, the
student is still needed to manage his own room and board. He
calculated
carefully between Munich and Dresden and finally made his decision
to the later
because of the cost. Munich was in West Germany while Dresden was
in East
Germany. Dresden is still considerably cheaper in living expanse in compare
to Munich
and I fully understand his choice. As a parent of two college graduates,
we all have
been through this process.
A week ago,
I was reading a repeated story of defaulted student loan issue. I have
thought this
matter for a long time. There are many reasons of the default like any
of the other
bank loans, real estate, personal, or business. People always need
money to
spend. This roommate has made a calculation and decided to go through
his personal
investment of his college education. This is involved several issues to
battle in
his mind, the cost, the quality, and the job opportunity in the future. Of
course I
know that he will do well, he speaks well in English and he has his logic well
to explain
his action. He was going back to move his furniture and financial statement
to satisfy
his landlord. He will be majoring in the information technology, almost a
guarantee of
job after graduation.
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