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Where Do I Live?
May 23, 2007





The Detroit Free Press is running an article entitled, "Residency and
Tuition: Michigan Man? U-M Says No"

The article begins, "There's no doubt in Joshua Guedesse's mind that
he's a Michigan resident -- he graduated from high school here, just
wrapped up two years of community college here, works here and has
his own apartment in Monroe. But the University of Michigan won't
allow him to enroll as an in-state student."

It continues, "The reason: His father, an active-duty member of the U.
S. Coast Guard, was transferred last year to a post in Illinois. U-M
does not consider the children of the hundreds of active-duty military
members at the state's dozens of installations to be Michigan residents.
And that distinction largely shuts the door to them receiving the
cheaper in-state tuition rates if their parents are transferred and have to
move."

Discussion-Starters for Younger Children

  • Ask your students what it means to live somewhere? Do your
    students know the name of their street, town, state, country,
    and continent? Do they know their address, area code and zip
    code?
  • Ask students to draw a small map of their local
    community.

  • Do your students know what a college or a university is? Do
    they think it's possible for adults to go to school? Why/why
    not? Is it possible for adults to learn? Why/why not?
  • Students might ask five adults to tell them something
    that they learned as an adult.

  • Do your students think that people who live closer to a grocery
    store should get to pay less money for groceries than people
    who live further from the store? Why/why not?
  • Considering putting this question on trial in your
    classroom.

  • How old do your students think that somebody should be
    before they move out of their parents' house? Encourage them
    to explain their reasoning.
  • Students could write simple sentences in response to
    this question.


Discussion-Starters for Older Students

  • Vocabulary terms to discuss: "In-State Student"; Dependents;
    Hindering; and, "Extenuating Circumstances".

  • Do your students think that this article merits inclusion in a
    newsletter on current events? Why/why not?
  • Ask students to respond to these questions in reflective
    essays.

  • Ask your students to defend the University of Michigan's
    decision to not accept Mr. Guedesse as an in-state student. Do
    your students think that the university should offer him in-state
    tuition? Why/why not?
  • These questions could prompt interesting class
    discussion.

  • Ask your students to think of a fair way to determine who can
    pay in-state tuition rates and who must pay out of state tuition
    rates. Encourage them to consider difficulties that might stem
    from their ideas.
  • Ask students to develop these proposals in groups of
    two or three.
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