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接受高等教育是否有用

Given the fact that many college students have difficulties in finding jobs in the recent, thousands of high school students are reported to refuse to take the National College Entrance Examination.

The news seems so convincing that many students, their parents, and the society reach the conclusion that receiving college education is a waste of time and money.

Undoubtedly, these students can earn some money working in big cities or running their own business in the near future.

However, I am of opinion that this view is myopic, which is to the detriment of personal development and China's overall growth in the long term.

Firstly, in terms of personal development, university is not a vocational training center despite the fact that a university diploma indicates graduates are more likely to find decent jobs.

Instead, university is a place for personal cultivation and improvement.

In universities, students will learn to find their real interests, perfect their personality, and form right outlooks toward the world.

Furthermore, students will learn to gather, analyze, and evaluate information so that they can resolve problems in their lives.

For those who are suspicious of the value of higher learning to some extent, they can be regarded as plutolatry.

They worship money and believe that money is everything in their lives.

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