Alex:Yeah.Nigel has known what he wants to do since he was sixteen.College was already pretty much prescribed for him by the time he started.There wasn't a lot of room for changing things. Pat:That kinda stinks. Alex:Yeah. PART IPART II PART IIIWRITING
Alex: Yeah. Nigel has known what he wants to do since he was sixteen. College was already pretty much prescribed for him by the time he started. There wasn’t a lot of room for changing things. Pat: That kinda stinks. Alex: Yeah
Pat:I mean,one of the things I value most about my university career is taking a wide variety of classes.I can't imagine having to know exactly what I was doing before I started. Alex:Well,I think it just shows how different America is from England. Pat:How so? PART I PART II PART IIIWRITING
Pat: I mean, one of the things I value most about my university career is taking a wide variety of classes. I can’t imagine having to know exactly what I was doing before I started. Alex: Well, I think it just shows how different America is from England. Pat: How so?
Alex:Well,there's kind of a sense of entitlement in the attitude you expressed about education.Like we have the right to explore and take our time and figure things out. Pat:Well,what's wrong with that? Alex:Nothing.I'm just saying it's different.It seems like here,fewer people have that kind of sense of entitlement. PART I PART II PART IIIWRITING
Alex: Well, there’s kind of a sense of entitlement in the attitude you expressed about education. Like we have the right to explore and take our time and figure things out. Pat: Well, what’s wrong with that? Alex: Nothing. I’m just saying it’s different. It seems like here, fewer people have that kind of sense of entitlement
Dialogue B PART I PART II PART IIIWRITING
Dialogue B
Pat:I certainly agree when you say that many people here seem to have little sense of entitlement.Take Niles for instance.He doesn't have his own office at work.There're just four desks in a big room that he and his colleagues share.No lawyer in the States would accept that when they started out. PART IPART II PART IIIWRITING
Pat: I certainly agree when you say that many people here seem to have little sense of entitlement. Take Niles for instance. He doesn’t have his own office at work. There’re just four desks in a big room that he and his colleagues share. No lawyer in the States would accept that when they started out