Here is my revision:
"One of the systemic education problems is that the financial aid system doesn't offer any financial help to students. For example, when students don't receive financial benefits of any sort, they fret over potentially not being able to afford their tuition costs. When they don't have the proper funds to pay for their tuition, they may consider dropping out of school. In a memoir titled "Educated" (written by Tara Westover), the author experienced first-hand what it was like to rapidly lose money. Westover stated, "My bank account decreased steadily; I had been worried that I might not pass my classes.... But a month into the semester - after I'd paid for tuition, rent, food, and books, I began to think that I wouldn't be coming back to school, even if I passed. This was for one obvious reason: I couldn't afford it." (p. 249). Westover said that she might not continue with school because she did not have the funds for tuition and rent. If she were given financial aid of some sort, she most likely would not have considered dropping out. This - without a doubt - proves that the education system is incredibly flawed. For this reason alone, education is not - in fact - available to everyone.
One reason that this ever-growing problem still exists is due to student/parent income. Financial aid is offered to students based off of student/parent income. The aid system assumes - for some unthinkable reason - that if a student/parent income is high enough, the student's tuition will be easily accounted for. For example; an acquaintance of mine who was - at one point - studying at Valley College couldn't qualify for financial aid because her family's income was deemed "too high." However, the parents of my aforementioned friend refused to pay for her tuition costs, thereby causing her to drop out of college due to her next-to-nonexistent school funds.
Another thing that is worth pointing out is the fact that the financial aid requirements are incredibly far fetched; almost absurd in some aspects. Only full-time students are able to qualify.
In "A Glossary of Common Learning Terms" (written by John Webster), it is stated, "Our brains work easily with a few concepts or numbers at once, but when we work with more than three to five entities, the 'load' begins to get heavy." This shows that it is incredibly difficult for a student to learn full time. Overloading the brains of college students can cause less-than-satisfactory GPA scores to arise.
The first solution that should be suggested is to outlaw the "parent/student income" part of the financial aid equation. It should no longer be assumed that parents with well paying occupations will always want to pay for the college tuitions of their children. Financial aid should focus on the students, and the students alone.
Another solution is to alter the requirements. Providing a certain level of help to part-time students should be a n accessible and viable option. Otherwise, students are more likely to drop out of college.
Another acquaintance of mine was unable to apply for financial aid due to the fact that she was only a part-time student. She - as demonstrated by my friend that I mentioned earlier on - also discontinued her education. Currently, she is working a mentally-draining job, and college no longer seems like a possibility for her, considering she can only get financial aid if she commits to studying full time.