Practical Proposal Argument

The topic I have chosen for my practical proposal paper is the parking at UH. This particular topic interests me because it is something that has bothered me from the very first day of school. This usually decides whether I am going to have a good or bad day. Usually, I am forced to leave my house at 7 a.m. to guarantee myself a parking spot, even when I don't have classes until 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. depending on the day. Sometimes, I have errands to run, which doesn't let me leave my house at 7 a.m. but later, and when I get to school students in the parking lot are camping out for parking spots. Not only is the wait for a parking spot seem hopeless and a waste of time, but the wait is never just 10 minutes, it can escalate to 30 minutes or even much an hour. Not only do I pay a high price for a parking permit, I have to come early in order to get a parking spot? That is ridiculous. The school just seems like they are ripping me off because they are going to oversell on parking permits, making more money off the students that attend UH. I believe that if I have to pay for a parking permit, I should be guaranteed a spot. If they want to keep it as a first come first park basis, then I think that the administratives should not sell parking permits to us.

The problem is a problem because students at UH have to pay for a parking permit, and are forced to waste time and drive around like ants trying to find a parking spot. This can escalade to many problems like accidents because 2 students want the same parking spot and are tired of waiting around so they try to fight for one particular spot. Not only is parking suppose to be a small issue, but it is ridiculous how students have to change what they do to conform to the parking. Administratives need to compromise with students and make this issue disappear. Students should not have their mind on something so small as parking; as they should be more focused on the plenty of school work. The problem affects the many students that come to school after 8 a.m. or 9 a.m. trying to find a parking spot to get to class on time. If this problem is not fixed, students will be forced to either park illegally, get parking citations, spend more money on parking (in addition to the parking permit they already paid for), wasting time, focusing on something that shouldn't be on their mind, and possibly skipping class due to not being able to obtain a parking spot before class starts. For example, one time I came to school at 1 p.m. and I had to camp out for a parking spot for an hour. Not only did two people steal the parking spot that was rightfully mine, but I almost got into an accident over something stupid like a parking spot. By the time I found a parking spot, not only did I have to walk far to get to class, but I was already late, which made me decide to skip and go to the library to study. My mind was so fustrated at that time that even when I got to the library, I couldn't even study because my mind was still on the parking situation. The administrative at UH that specifically deals with the financial and parking decisions has the power to fix this problem. The problem hasn't been solved to this point because administratives are trying to propose things such as carpooling or using the school buses. This is not only inconvinient for students, but is not something that one individual can change what they do to make this happen. Administratives are too lazy to do a thing about caring for their students needs. This problem can be solved if the administrative builds parking garages, stops overselling parking permits or keep the parking lots as a first come first serve basis, without making students pay for a parking permit when they are not guaranteed a parking spot when arriving on campus. The benefits of the administrative changing parking would be that students would be more likely to attend classes on time and be able to pay attention. The students would be less stressed about little issues like parking and be able to have their full attention in school, which will allow them to make good grades in their classes. The costs of my proposal would be a bit pricey, but I believe that the administrative could work something out because in the end, the administrative needs to make the students happy because they are the ones that are giving the school money to do things. Us students will bear the costs but I think that students wouldn't mind the little extra costs because they would then be guaranteed a parking spot without having to pay extra money. The money could also come from parking permits because the administrative oversells the parking permits anyways and they have to be making a huge amount of profit off of the ridiculous prices they charge. This proposal should be enacted because this has been an issue for a long time and if they change this situation then more students would want to attend UH because it is more friendly towards parking wise. My proposal is better than the alternate proposals that the administratives suggested because this would not only solve the problem but would make everyone happier. The proposals that the administrative made are one sided, lazy and do no work, because the adminstrative is forcing students to conform their lifestyles to do things instead of the administrative putting out money to something they know that they should do.