Topic 1: Does increasing travels between countries enable people to learn different cultures or to

Topic 15: It is widely accepted that people who have post-school qualifications earn a 
higher salary than those less educated do. University students should, therefore, pay all 
the full cost incurred over the course of obtaining a college education. To what extent do 
you agree or disagree?
 
(tertiary education investments) (knowledge-driven economic and social development), (long-term 
returns from research and technology development), (greater productivity is achieved through 
technological innovation) ;
(well-educated), ( well-paid jobs), (pay higher income tax),(reduce the participation of disadvantaged 
groups); (break out of poverty )
(experience financial pressure),
 
With the labour intensive economy gradually giving way to knowledge-focused economy, 
the access to higher education has become an issue of broad interest The proposal to charge 
all university students with tuition fees and allow no exemption arises mainly from the 
concern that tertiary education has to compete with many other urgent demands for public 
funds and struggle with underfunding, I believe that this policy, if implemented, will have an 
accumulative effect on the well-being of either individual students or the society as a whole.
When laying the hope of future development over students, the government cannot shirk 
from the responsibility to finance them. The sustained growth of a country rests on young 
talents. In this sense, the government is investing, not spending money. A standard example is 
America, a country investing multimillion dollars in higher educational an annual basis and 
sponsoring students' study by different forms of aid, such as scholarships, subsidies, 
allowances and student loans. It can be expected that these well-educated aspiring people, 
after finishing their education, will constitute a main drive of a state's growth. Moreover, the 
government should plough a reasonable proportion of tax revenue, most being sourced from 
parents, back to their children.
Meanwhile, it is worth mentioning .that some schools tend to force a complex of charges 
over students, with the aim to extend their profit margin. Ignorant of their not-for-profit 
nature, many universities might deviate from their most important tasks, such as improving 
teaching quality. The persistence of this problem will make their academic service much less 
credible and quality of teaching and faculty staff uneven. A university can cover its expense 
by various means, such as the receipt of donation, or the government's funding, instead of 
levying a high fee over students.
The reasons cited above have justified why university students need not pay more than a 
lower payment. While depending on young generations, the society should be more 
considerate of their situation. The effort to encourage tertiary education participation will pay 
back sooner, rather than later.
1. Give way to=succumb to=yield to
2. Exemption=exception
3. Accumulative=growing=increasing=incremental=spiraling
4. Shirk=evade=avoid=dodge=shun
5. Sustained=everlasting=eternal=endless=unending=perpetual
6. Rest on=hinge on=depend on
7. Aspiring=hopeful=aspirant
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8. Deviate=diverge=stray
9. Persistence = continuance
10. Uneven=unbalanced =unequal
 
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