Long Wang’s blog post License to Print Money is about a topic that is commonly talked about in my household. Obtaining a bachelor’s degree is not as special as they use to be. Agreeing with Long, university has become a must and students are expected to attend university after secondary school. A couple decades ago, students would be able to come out of high school and get a decent job. University entrance standards were low because it was not common to receive education after high school, nor was it affordable. Now in our society, students fight to achieve the high university requirements because they are aware that a bachelor’s degree has become a necessity. As Long stated, knowledge does not seem to be as valuable as before.

My mother has also been aware of this situation and an analogy she used is a bachelor’s degree is like a ticket to enter a draw. Once you are entered into this draw you will be one of the many tickets that could be drawn and without this ticket the slightest chance of being chosen will be eliminated. I strongly agree with this statement and as students we must adapt to these changes.

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