▶ Your Answer : The reading passage contends that a college education provides many benefits and is a good way to prepare for the future. On the other hand, the lecturer brings up several points that contradict this argument. First, the speaker argues that students who have college degrees are not easy to find jobs after their education. This is because too many students have college degrees, so most of them become unemployed or underemployed notwithstanding their bachelor's degrees. This casts doubts on the reading passage's claim that students who have college degrees will find it much easier to find a job. Second, according to the lecturer, it is wrong to say that college graduates are able to obtain higher quality jobs that increase their overall marketability of the employee. The reason is that on-the-job training is already manualized. For example, if computer does not work, they should call the IT guy, because they did not be taught how to fix it. This refutes the reading passage's assertion that high quality of job training can make college graduates be more satisfied with their jobs. The final point made by the lecturer is that it is true that jobs that require higher education tend to pay significantly higher salaries than other jobs, but not all. This is supported by the case of the job, bartenders. They can earn high salaries, but do not need to have degrees. None of these jobs need higher degrees, even though it is hard to get a huge amount of money. This counters the reading passage's argument that jobs that require higher education pay significantly higher salaries than other jobs. |