I understand that. We’re all just doing the best we can with the situations we were born into.

That made me think of another couple questions:

Do you support universal, state-funded preschool?

Do you support universal (or subsidized) college/trade schools?

Marital status and religion aren’t relevant. I do think college status is important.

This is your resume to the people, what’s your educational/trade school/employment/volunteer history?

Yes I forgot to mention their Architecture and Business school! Thank you for pointing that out. I agree wholeheartedly about the STEM programs

I’ve lived in Springfield my entire life and just started attending Drury this semester at 26 years old. As far as being a part of the cultural fabric… it definitely doesn’t have the presence that MSU has. It’s kind of hidden away off of Chestnut with a very small student body. I see sports updates on the local news every so often, but that’s about it.

I never really heard anything negative about Drury until I started going there, and those comments were from current students. Drury is private, and growing up I always thought of it as “the rich kid school” (I come from a family with a very modest income). It is more expensive than MSU, and definitely more expensive than OTC, which I got my transfer degree from because of my financial situation.

When I decided to go back to school, and knew I’d have to take out student loans either way, I decided on Drury because of how small it is. The average class size is 13 which, for me, is really really nice.

Academically I think it’s a pretty good school, at least the Psych program (but the only point of reference I have is OTC, so keep that in mind). The behavioral sciences department head works really hard to find out what grad schools are looking for, and implements that into the curriculum and degree requirements. I really like it there, but as far as integration in the cultural fabric of Springfield… it just doesn’t have the community support and awareness that MSU and OTC have.

North Springfield is a much lower income area, and because industry and development favors the South side, it just keeps getting worse… which leads to a lot of social problems like crime, drug abuse, homelessness, etc. The person who made this meme is presumably fortunate enough not to be affected by these issues.