大学生的压力(College Pressure)

iseetwokindsofpressureworkingoncollegestudentstoday:economicpressure,parentalpressure.itiseasytolookaroundforrebels--toblamethecollegesforchargingtoomuchmoney,theparentsforpushingtheirchildrentoofar.buttherearenorebels,onlyvictims.

thepressureisheavyonstudentswhojustwanttograduateandgetajob.ifiwereanemployeriwouldratheremploygraduateswhohavethisrangeandcuriositythanthosewhonarrowlypursuedsafesubjectsandhighgrades.iknowincalculablestudentswhoseinquiringmindscheerme.iliketoheartheplayoftheirideas.idontknowiftheyaregettingaorc,andidontcare.ialsolikethemaspeople.thecountryneedsthem,andtheywillfindsatisfyingjobs.itellthemtorelax.theycant.

norcaniblamethem.theyliveinabrutaleconomy.todayitisnotunusualforastudent,evenifheworksparttimeatcollegeandfulltimeduringthesummer,toincreaseto5,000inloansaftergraduation.encouragedatcommencemerittogoforthintotheworld,heisalreadybehindashegoesforth.howcouldhenotfeelunderpressurethroughoutcollegetoprepareforthisdayofreckoning?

alongwitheconomicpressuregoesparentalpressure.inevitably,thetwoaredeeplyintegrated.

poorstudents!theyarecaughtinoneoftheoldestwebsofloveanddutyandguilt.theparentsmeanwell:theyaretryingtosteertheirsonsanddaughterstowardasecurefuture.butthesonsanddaughterswanttomajorinhistoryorclassicsorphilosophy--subjectswithno"practical"value.wheresthepayoffonthehumanities?itsnoteasytopersuadesuchlovingparentsthatthehumanitiesdoindeedpayoff.theintellectualfacultiesdevelopedbystudyingsubjectslikehistoryandclassicsarejustthefacultiesthatmakecreativeleadersinbusinessoralmostanygeneralfield.

luckilyforme,mostofthemgotintotheirfieldbyanindirectroute,totheirsurprise,aftermanyroundaboutways.thestudentsarestartled.theycanhardlyconceiveofacareerthatwasnotpreplanned.theycanhardlyimagineallowingthehandofgodorchancetonudgethemdownsomeunforeseentrail.