Thursday, March 11, 2010     Volume: 10, Issue: 52
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Do you feel it’s right that California is spending more on the prison system than on the education system?


Morgan Marcil

Morgan Marcil

student

“It seems backwards, especially being a student with the tuition always increasing and classes being cancelled. California shouldn’t spend more money on people who have done wrong when they are people like me trying to become better citizens.”

Nicole Kelly

Nicole Kelly

server

“It is a good thing that we keep people from who would otherwise be on the streets. They need the time to think of what they have done.”

Barbara Adkins

Barbara Adkins

retired teacher

“They’re just making it harder for those poor students to go to school since they are raising tuition. We need to make sure that, from the cradle, that our children are getting a fair chance at an education.”

Renato Norona

Renato Norona

minister

“We need more money for education because students are the future.”