新托福口语练习材料——关于学生兼职的讨论(3)

e job is outside your field so you get the frustrated feeling of having wasted four precious years of your life in college. Besides, there is always the danger of your being assigned to post in another part of the country, so why not be practical and look for a well-paid job straight after middle school?
    Craduates from ordinary middle schools gave up their chances because they lacked self-confidence. "Why try when I stand very little chance?" Not. Only the poorer students themselves thought this way, some teachers even did their best to dissuade them from taking the entrance examination. If they could not increase the number of successful candidates from their school, they could at least decrease the number of unsuccessful candidates by not allowing the poorer students to sit for it. In other words if they could not increase the absolute number they would raise the ration of successful candidates.
    What do teachers generally think of this new phenomenon? Some are frankly worried. "Such students lack drive and want to take things easy. This is a reflection of looking down on knowledge, and should be taken seriously." Other teachers think there is nothing to be alarmed about. "Don’t we often tell the students that going to college is not the only road they can take? Society is made up of different strata of useful people. Now that the students have made their own choice in finding their place in society, why make such a fuss about it?"

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