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The parents out there already know what I’m talking about: the mothers and fathers taking on second jobs, the folks getting bills for their children’s education they cannot pay. And this is an education they thought they’d saved for. I say, enough! A college education should not be a privilege but a right.

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Opening statement.

It introduces the problem (parents struggling to pay for college) and asserts the speaker’s main claim ("A college education should not be a privilege but a right"), which is typical of an opening statement.