| With all the layoffs occurring and with the | | | | created a Scholarship program for mothers to go |
| unemployment rate raising many people are worried | | | | back to school and get their degree. By creating |
| about their bank accounts, their homes and their | | | | this program, mothers are able to get their degree |
| family. People are reconsidering their career path, | | | | and start earning an income that can help their family |
| wondering if they should enter a different field of | | | | get back on their feet and save them from losing |
| study and find a job there. Many husbands were | | | | anymore than they already have. Obama knows |
| laid off and the women find themselves having to go | | | | the importance of a degree and he supports and |
| look for a job to help with the finances. But the | | | | encourages mothers to get their degree too. This is |
| problem with this is that the women usually have no | | | | why his program gives students $10,000 towards |
| college education so their job opportunities are | | | | college expenses. This is a lot of money that can |
| limited, especially because women have been taking | | | | be used to get your degree and start earning real |
| care of the family and the home and they have not | | | | money. |
| been in the work world for years. With the options | | | | By attaining your degree, you will have more |
| limited for mothers, President Obama was trying to | | | | opportunities presented to you than you know what |
| figure an answer to these questions and he came up | | | | to do with. You are worth more to companies |
| with a solution. | | | | now. Your chances of advancement in the |
| Stay at home fathers are not unheard of anymore, | | | | workplace increase when you have a college |
| times have changed and more women go to college | | | | degree. Applying to college is something you can do |
| to get their degree while the husbands take care of | | | | right from your computer. You do not have to |
| the children. Because of the economy, money is | | | | spend hours in an office filling out papers. |
| probably tight but this is why President Obama | | | | |