Student C

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 605.

Student B

You think that the proverb “Easier said than done” is just your case. Every year millions of students graduate from high school. The decisions they make will affect the rest of their lives. Some will choose to go to college; some will want to get full-time jobs; others will decide to obtain technical job training. In every case, economic reasoning will help students make better choices. You are convinced that your further education is worth the time and money involved, moreover, the higher education sector provides a great variety of courses. Give at least two reasons to support your decision.

Make use of the helpful phrases:

ö I can't help thinking the same.

ö How right that is!

ö By the way, ... .

ö To put it another way, ... .

ö No, I don't think ... .

ö Anyway, … .

You see what your interlocutor means, but you want to know what would happen if the actual tuition and other costs of a college education were invested now. Try to find out if you could invest $ 30,000 now, for instance, forego a college education, and with your investment returns still have the same lifetime earning power as a college educated person. You decide to consider the costs and tradeoffs connected with a decision to go to college. Is a college education worth the expense in terms of immediate and future personal growth and economic well-being? It leaps to your eye that the opportunity costs of going to college involve a loss of income and a loss of practical job experience while attending college. Your parents warned you that the trade-offs involved in going to college include using time and money now to gain greater advantages in the future.

Make use of the helpful phrases:

ö I see what you mean, but ... .

ö To put it mildly, ... .

ö I really must take issue with you (there).

ö Dead right.

ö I believe ... .