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This is the VOA Special English -- Education Report

Governments are not the only ones having to re-examine their budgets. The financial crisis has many families concern about how they would pay for college. This week in our four students' series we discuss costs for higher education for international students in the United States.

Crisis differed from school to school. But public colleges and universities usually cost less than private ones. A big state university in the western United States will serve as our example. The University of Colorado at ** has 1200 international students from more than 80 countries. Tina Tan is the director of international student and scholar services. She says international students are paying a total of 40200 dollars for this academic year. The university estimates that the cost for next year will increase by 400 dollars. The university does not offer financial aid to international students. This is generally true of American schools, especially at the undergraduate level. Federal and State financial aid can only go to American citizens. The University of Colorado does, however, offer some help for international students. For example, it guarantees them the same tuition rate for all four years of undergraduate study. And it offers four scholarships for international students with special skills or talents. Tina Tan says the federal government requires international students to show on their applications -- how they will pay for their first year of school. This evidence is a signed statement from whoever is paying for it and conformation from a bank or lawyer. Some colleges might require international students to show that they can pay for all four years. But the University of Colorado requires only evidence of financial support for the first year.

Educational advisors say foreign students should keep enough money in a local bank to pay for at least two months of spending. Students have to consider not just tuition but also housing, meals, books, and other costs including social activities. Immigration rules restrict employment for international students in the United States. So what kinds of jobs are they permitted to have that would be our subject next week.

And that's the VOA Special English -- Education Report

明天就要送我的学生们去参加A级考试了！
明天就可以正式结束我噩梦地狱般的补习生活啦~
想到自己又可以回到5点半准时下班的生活真是兴奋呐~
不过，every coin has two sides!
没有晚自习的补课，银子会变少，而且晚上还要义务值班……
唔，我是宁愿上课也不愿值班的……

考级前搬到学校小住了三个星期，
唉，虽说办公室、教室、宿舍都在一层楼很方便，但是环境的恶劣真是一言难尽。
早上、晚上都有人在楼道里“赛跑”，
这样的地方住久了一定会神经衰弱的，
如果没有那么闹的话，免费住在学校还是很幸福的。
天冷、刮风就在学校睡，想家了馋好吃的了就坐车回家。
嘛，世上没有什么两全其美，有选择就会有放弃。

A级备战结束就又开始新一轮的PETS-2的备战。
这次的情况也不容乐观，经过PETS-3的筛选，剩下的同学们都希望比较渺茫的说。
就算没有米也要做出香喷喷的米饭是我们学校的特色，
所以我也只能硬着头皮去当那比巧妇还得巧妇的巧妇……

先是一些题外话：亲爱的fc2抽搐得让我很心痛，不知是坚持观望还是就此舍弃那个模板很漂亮的窝……

好啦，转入正题！
为啥说今天的心情有些复杂呢？
今天早上发现我的对桌收拾得格外整齐，
平时我和我对桌的同志都是很喜欢把东西到处摊，
一旦收拾整齐了就觉得心理很不舒服。
这下不仅她的桌子整洁了，我总觉得自己的桌子上少了什么东西似的。
上个周末她只是说自己极度想家，利用周末的时间折腾了回去，仅此而已。
可今天我听到的消息就不是这样。
她已经几乎处于半解雇状态，领导从别的校区请来了代课老师，只给她留下了每周4节辅导课。
这样的话和解雇有什么不同吗？
那些笨蛋学生也都是喜新厌旧的主儿，看见了洋气漂亮的老师还会想念朴素的她吗？
还是那句，“这个世界好扭曲！”这算什么嘛？！

虽说平时我对那位整天粗心大意的同志也有些微词，但是现在一整天都看不到她，
心里有那么一个地方变得空荡荡了，毕竟我们两个在一起工作就快一整年了，
整天朝夕相处的，突然少了一个怎么都觉得别扭。
放假时虽说不是会经常惦念，但知道假期结束总会见面。
但这一次不知道她什么时候才能回来，或许回来也只是来告别。
那个孩子就爱丢三落四，没有我在身边她会找不到钥匙和钱包的。
她那样朴素实在得过头的孩子在别的地方会过得怎么样呢？

总之，不管她将来何去何从，希望她平安，而且能尽快找到新的工作。
就算要回家嫁人也不可能在家做全职妈妈的啊！

日子过得太快，这个学期已经过了一半，下周我的笨学生们就要进行期中考试了。
当然，期中考试前的这两个星期他们也被蹂躏得够呛，哪门课程的任务都不轻。
数学：一堆卷子没做，做也不会。
语文：一堆课文和原题要背，背得昏天黑地。
英语：一堆练习要做，一堆单词要背。
想要在期中考试中拼进前三名的同学就得玩命了！

我还好说，毕竟补课的日子已经习惯，家里也没有我操心的事情，一心和这些学生一起奋斗就对了。
每周都有四天晚上八点下班，周六更是上午讲课，下午补习。
虽说这样忙好像把自己卖给学校似的，但我觉得很充实。
如果工资可以再充实一下就更好了~