A Persuasive Speech: Public Parking for Students Should be Free - Essay Example

Have you ever imagined all the financial stress and strains that students go through? Let me paint the picture for you; on average almost all the students, all over the country in all levels of education incur financial expenses associated with purchase of book, study materials, food, clothing, paying rent, water  and electricity bills, paying parking fees, etc. Most of these fees or bills are very essential and necessary. However, others are not essential thereby adding more unnecessary stress to students such as payment of parking fees in public places. Do you think it is worth it to add more financial stress and strain to students in terms of public parking fees?  This is the question I pose to you today. In my opinion, I think that it is not worth it and that is why I am proposing and appealing to the relevant authorities to reconsider and enact legislation that would protect our students from this unnecessary financial obligation of paying for public parking.

Obviously, there are different schools of thought that would argue that business will be affected, or all public places would be taken up by students for free parking, and/or there are people who may pretend to be students just to benefit from this initiative. Other would argue that the free parking for student would result in high costs for authorities responsible for those parking spaces in terms of congestion (Shoup 12). I want to state categorically that my proposal puts such fears into consideration and that the legislation I am proposing will ensure that strictly students benefit from it. In addition, the number of students who have cars is not that big and thus will not take up all available public parking spaces.

Therefore, offer your support for this noble goal that is aimed at benefitting our students, the leaders of tomorrow through reducing the stress they encounter as a result of unnecessary financial obligations such as paying for parking fees.