Who’s responsibility? It’s ridiculous

The author of the ridiculous letter complaining about my complaint over the government not sending the scholarship checks doesn’t seem to realize that there are two parties involved and both have responsibilities. The government has a “contractual” responsibility to help these students and they have a responsibility to come back and contribute. Contracts are binding agreements that cannot be broken by either party. Simply put—the government is violating the contract and we—students and parents—have a right to protest the government’s failure to live up to the contract.

I find it very disturbing and ridiculous that someone on the mainland doesn’t have any compassion for the future of the CNMI and their fellow citizens who are traveling the same difficult road to attend college on the other side of the world. The author was bragging about not ever complaining about their scholarship check. Well, they got their scholarship checks when she was an undergraduate and they were never this late. It was also obvious this person wasn’t faced with the same financial challenges as many of her counterparts who are not so well off financially. Comparing herself with those who have not is truly an unfair assessment and even arrogant.

I am sure that everyone receiving a scholarship is thankful but the author failed to recognize the fact that these students were asked to go off to school and to come back and contribute to the CNMI in a contract with the government just like the author. The government promised this money to these students and is responsible for living up to the contract. The author is so misguided to complain because parents and students want the government to live up to its promise—her complaint is truly ridiculous. The author signed the same contract and I can only wonder is the author going to ever come back and fulfill her obligation for taking scholarship funds—now the spotlight is on the author to deliver what they promised for taking scholarship funds. The CNMI needs all the local professionals we can get or the future is destined for an alien professional leadership and workforce.

FYI author, telling these students to literally forget about the scholarship, when others got theirs and to find other sources of funding their education in the middle of the school year is simply ridiculous. The author makes it sound like it I s OK to be unfair. She even said “college education is an investment” but she didn’t seem to understand the investment is not just for the students but for the CNMI. She also said a college education is a risk which everyone knows is ridiculous because the only risk for these students is their dependency upon the CNMI government.

She was right when she said that “many will be unsupportive fans of this letter” and she was right. Who in their right mind does not want these students to get their scholarships and who would be so ridiculous to complain about making this government live up to its promise? The author talked about how the decision to attend college was solely on these students—well FYI author, there were two decisions made, one by the government and one by the students so the author really needs to stop being so ridiculous because it is the government who is not living up to its promise. The government is responsible for its decision to commit to a contract with these students and the author needs to know that many of these students made the decision to attend college based on the government’s promise to help them—not on their family’s bank account.

Our government has failed on so many promises that people like the author seem to think it is OK to forget about these students—ridiculous! I’m sure most readers will disagree with the author and her letter against students getting their checks. I also have a hunch that the author is somehow tied to the present administration to write such a ridiculous letter in an attempt to derail the protest. She is entitled to her opinion even though it is totally ridiculous.