What I Would do for Students if I was Prime Minister

It was inevitable that I would eventually have some sort of political post. Now, keep in mind that A) this is all idealistic B) I'm imagining that I actually have money to spend and C) the people who had limits over my power would actually approve my brilliant laws.

A) Tuition is free. This is the obvious one. I feel so guilty trying to figure out what I want to do with my life when I'm throwing however many thousands of dollars down the drain due to indecisiveness.

B) Every student is guaranteed a dishwasher. Washing dishes becomes the bane of my existence when school gets this crazy.

C) Every student gets discounts on airfares. I suppose that not every student goes to school away from home, but who doesn't want an excuse to travel? University is supposed to be our time of development, and doesn't development really come with an expanded worldview? Yes, please, in addition to airfares, pay me to travel.

D) Provide more student jobs over the summer. Paying for all of this isn't easy... just saying.

E) Place a limit on the amount of homework we're given. Please. I'd like be able to sleep and be a regular human being.

F) Monitor student treatment. Some profs are just so rude and condescending. Seriously, people need to decide whether they will treat as adult equals or as trash. Personally, I like the first option.

G) Coffee shop discounts! Also discounts on groceries? Pretty please?

H) Free internet (I'd ask for free laptops too... but that may be a little much).

I could really go on forever, but these seem like some major thing that would make the life of students much easier. It's time for leaders to invest in their students. How can they argue that we're "the future" and put so much responsibility on us when they aren't willing to help us out? University is so expensive and it's hard work. Also, it's easy to argue that university shuts out a certain group of people who simply don't have the money to get an education, which pretty much digs them into a hole that they can't get out of (or lands them in enormous debt). Seriously, if you want a good future, invest in it.

-Laura