第1836期阅读理解

thecaseforcollegehasbeenacceptedwithoutquestionformorethanageneration.allhighschoolgraduatesoughttogo,saysconventionalwisdomandstatisticalevidence,becausecollegewillhelpthemearnmoremoney,beebetterpeople,andlearntobemoreresponsiblecitizensthanthosewhodontgo.

butcollegehasneverbeenabletoworkitsmagicforeveryone.andnowthatclosetohalfourhighschoolgraduatesareattending,thosewhodontfitthepatternarebeingmorenumerous,andmoreobvious.collegegraduatesaresellingshoesanddrivingtaxis;collegestudentsinterferewitheachothersexperimentsandwritefalselettersofremendationintheintensepetitionforadmissiontograduateschool.otherfindnostimulationintheirstudies,anddropoutoftenencouragedbycollegeadministrators.

someobserverssaythefaultiswiththeyoungpeoplethemselvestheyarespoiledandtheyareexpectingtoomuch.butthatisacondemnationofthestudentsasawhole,anddoesntexplainallcampusunhappiness.othersblamethestateoftheworld,andtheyarepartlyright.wehavebeentoldthatyoungpeoplehavetogotocollegebecauseoureconomycantabsorbanarmyofuntrainedeighteen-year-olds.butdisappointedgraduatesarelearningthatitcannolongerabsorbanarmyoftrainedtwenty-two-year-olds,either.

someadventuresomeeducatorsandwatchershaveopenlybeguntosuggestthatcollegemaynotbethebest,theproper,theonlyplaceforeveryyoungpersonafterthepletionofhighschool.wemayhavebeenlookingatallthosesurveysandstatisticsupsidedown,itseems,andthroughtherosyglowofourownrememberedcollegeexperiences.perhapscollegedoesntmakepeopleintelligent,ambitious,happy,liberal,orquicktolearnthingsmayitisjusttheotherwayaround,andintelligent,ambitious,happy,liberal,quick-learningpeoplearemerelytheoneswhohavebeenattractedtocollegeinthefirstplace.andperhapsallthosesuccessfulcollegegraduateswouldhavebeensuccessfulwhethertheyhadgonetocollegeornot.thisisheresytothoseofuswhohavebeenbroughtuptobelievethatifalittleschoolingisgood,morehastobemuchbetter.butcontraryevidenceisbeginningtomountup.

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