FCE Mock revision: Reading part 7 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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"Someone asked me in my second year why I had gone [to university] and I couldn't answer."

..was uncertain about her reasons for going to university

...was unaware of the alternatives to university

"The degree is barely relevant to the work we end up doing later on"

What they studied is not useful at work

They initially rejected something

"It sounded like nonsense to me"

...initially rejected something

was uncertain about something

"There is a lot of pressure on teenagers to know exactly what they want to do with their lives."

They are unaware of the alternatives to university

People are expected to make decisions too early

"I ended up studying something I wasn't sure I was interested in"

..felt she might not be doing the right course

..was uncertain about her reasons for going to university

"It's certainly harder to get into all sorts of careers without a degree"

Graduates have an advantage when applying for jobs

..was expected to go to university but wasn't a good student

"Everyone assuned I would [go to university] even though I was never the most academically gifted student."

...felt she might not be doing the right course

..was expected to go to university but wasn't a good student

"I didn't have a clue about what other options were open to me"

...says the type of learnning in university is different

... was unaware of the alternatives to university

"In contrast to the way you may have been taught before, unitversity teaches you to think for yourself"

People should consider other optiona than university

The type of learning at univeristy is different

"we should be given as many choices as possible, rather than being pushed into a university course"

People should be allowed to consider a range of options

...was uncertain about her reasons for going to university