New Horizon College english Book TWo Unit Eight
Book Two New Horizon College English Unit Eight
Section A There's a Lot More to Life than a Job
There’s a Lot More to Life than a Job Section A
ntensive Stud There's a Lot More to Life than a Job Para. 1 It has often been remarked that the saddest thing about youth is that it is wasted on the young. Para. 2 Reading a survey report on first-year college students, I recalled the regret, "If only I knew then what know now Para. 3 The survey revealed what I had already suspected from informal polls of students both in Macon and at the Robins Resident Center: if it (whatever it may be) won't compute and you can't drink it, smoke it or spend it, then "it" holds little value
There’s a Lot More to Life than a Job Para.1 It has often been remarked that the saddest thing about youth is that it is wasted on the young. Para.2 Reading a survey report on first-year college students, I recalled the regret, “If only I knew then what I know now.” Para.3 The survey revealed what I had already suspected from informal polls of students both in Macon and at the Robins Resident Center: if it (whatever it may be) won’t compute and you can’t drink it, smoke it or spend it, then “it” holds little value. Intensive Study
Para. 4 According to the survey based on esponses from over 188,000 students, today's college beginners are"more consumeristic and less idealistic than at any time in the seventeen years of the poll. Para.5 Not surprising in these hard times, the students major objective is to be financially well off. Less important than ever is developing a meaningful philosophy of life. Accordingly, today the most popular course is not literature or history but accounting. Para. 6 Interest in teaching, social service and the humanities is at a low, along with ethnic and womens studies. On the other hand. enrollment in business programs, engineering and computer science is way up
Para.4 According to the survey based on responses from over 188,000 students, today’s college beginners are “more consumeristic and less idealistic” than at any time in the seventeen years of the poll. Para.5 Not surprising in these hard times, the students’ major objective “is to be financially well off. Less important than ever is developing a meaningful philosophy of life.” Accordingly, today the most popular c o u r s e i s not l i t e r a t u r e o r h i s t o r y but accounting. Para.6 Interest in teaching, social service and the humanities is at a low, along with ethnic and women’s studies. On the other hand, enrollment in business programs, engineering and computer science is way up
Para. 7 Thats no surprise either. A friend of mine (a sales representative for a chemical company)was making twice the salary of college instructors during her first year on the job-even before she completed her two-year associate degree Para.8"I'll tell them what they can do with their (music, history, literature, etc. ), she was fond of saying. And that was four years ago; I tremble to think what she's earning now. Para. 9 Frankly, I'm proud of the young lady(not her attitude but her success. But why can't we have it both ways? Can't we educate people for life as well as for a career?I believe we can
Para.7 That’s no surprise either. A friend of mine (a sales representative for a chemical company) was making twice the salary of college instructors during her first year on the job—even before she completed her two-year associate degree. Para.8 “I’ll tell them what they can do with their (music, history, literature, etc.),”she was fond of saying. And that was four years ago; I tremble to think what she’s earning now. Para.9 Frankly, I’m proud of the young lady (not her attitude but her success). But why can’t we have it both ways? Can’t we educate people for life as well as for a career? I believe we can