I have not been on here for a while as my course at uni has just gone into complete overdrive and has been handing out assignments after assignments left, right and centre...Oh well I guess it should all pay off in the end, right? Wrong!
Well not exactly wrong...but not right either.
Back in the day (i'm talking back when our parents were younger) university was something that only the select few could get into.
Although it may be hard for the student of today who graduates with atleast £30,000 worth of debt to believe but universities actually used to pay students to attend. Yes thats right, our parents graduated with zero debt and more money in their pockets! At the time colleges would not really push their students to go further in their education so univeristies had to add an incentive so as to pursuade young people to continue.
Now, if I look back to when I left college in the summer of 2007 I actually struggle to think of any of my fellow students who decided not to apply to university - well, there was this one girl who didn't apply but she was seven months pregnant so doesn't count.
So, if everyone goes to university then there is nothing that makes one graduate stand out from the millions of others ith equal qualifications...so you can just imagine the pressures that you would have to find employment when you are competing against everyone else...it's going to be mental!
Is three extra years in education actually worth the stress?
Well, I would like to say no but unfortunatly it tottally is!!
Just imagine yourself in the other option...leaving college with A-levels and then competing with all of those who have just left university with degrees...who is going to get the job?
Plus, all the new people that you meet will make every little step worth it :)
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once upon a time there were not many universities so it was difficult to get in. but it was free when you got there, true
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