Higher learning or college education is not an easy thing to do. It costs a lot of money and not everyone can live up to this requirement. There are scores of students who only manage to finish their high school and not go to college because they cannot afford to do.
This held true for Los Angeles based Brennan Jackson until two weeks ago. Jackson’s family is suffering from financial downturn. His father recently lost his job. And Brennan did want to burden his parents with a loan of $20,000 for his higher education.
He had to raise $ 25000 in merit scholarship to attend the University of California, Berkley. This boy’s journey to achieve this was recently described in the New York Times. He has now effectively met his goals with the help from the Berkley government professor and a benefactor. Initially on $ 212 was offered as direct aid.
Therefore, Brennan was worried about the amount of loan he would have to take and how would his family manage in these times of crisis. Other expenses which included tuition, room, board etc at Berkeley would equal to $ 27000 a year.
Jack Citrin, Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at Berkeley, reached out to this boy after he read about him in the papers. Therefore, Citrin pledged to give Brennan $20000 a year for his education for the next four years. The boy will also receive part-time job opportunities at the institute.
When the reporter’s spoke to Brennan about this, he stated that he was pleasantly shocked. The family’s income totaled to $58,000 last year. This money, most of it was earned by Brennan’s mother who is a substitute teacher.
This is great news and its wonderful that a boy as deserving as Brennan gets a chance at college education.