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The author states that "Many jobs that never before required college now call for at least some post-secondary course work.". The world now has become more competitive and educated due to the education becoming widely available in most countries. As people become more educated, they would be able to learn new skills faster and master them. This has created competition amongst people to be able to receive higher education as they would need to gain an advantage over others in order for them to get employment. In Singapore's society, more students are encouraged to or rather, forced to go for higher education like enrolling in universities. This can be seen by the amount of career talks available from secondary school onwards where these talks are mainly conducted by universities who would tell students more about for their courses available. With these talks, more and more students would be encouraged to enter universities and thus, creating an abundance of workers who have at least a university degree, hence, the need for post secondary course work for jobs.


The author also states that "They are not ready for high school, some of them, much less for college." because they may be ignorant of the pressure and work present in higher education or they may not know how to apply what they have learnt. When these people attempt to pursue higher education, they may instead fail to complete the education as they may not yet be ready for it. Also, they may be pursuing higher education just for the sake of getting a job instead of choosing what thy really wants. In SIngapore, we have several alternatives for students to choose if they feel that they are not yet ready for higher education. There is the ITE where students learn skills that can be applied in the real world so that they would be able to earn a living, and also polytechnics which offers students a chance to learn a particular set of skills which may be their passion. This would enable them to go out to work immediately after the completion. Also, there is even an arts school where students learn about music, art and others. All these would provide students with a chance to learn valuable skills that can be used in the real world and they would not need to pursue any higher education.