7.
“Getting the best grades will get you into university…”
“…This will allow you to get a good job. This will give you a higher salary which you can use to buy a house and ‘live the Australian dream’.”
,[Institutions] It got so stressed out that now everybody believes it completely, everybody goes to university, everybody gets a degree, and now… everybody has a degree. We’re back to square one, we need a second degree and work experience to differentiate ourselves from the rest of the graduating class who also have a degree. You still won’t get a job because the market is full of people with the same qualifications and experience as you.”
“And what happened to those lazy people who never studied and just hung around all the time? They became plumbers, concrete builders and electricians and they live in houses four times bigger than mine!”
