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03年9月13日考題：

It is right that college graduates earn higher salaries than the less well-educated in the community. But they should also pay the full cost of their study. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

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It is commonly recognized that wages are the appropriate compensation for tasks completed or jobs successfully performed. Yet it is often the case that people with higher education have been offered more money than those without. I find it justifiable but do not share the opinion that college graduates should be fully responsible for their educational expenses.

It can be argued that some successful people do not have a college degree and yet are very wealthy and the success of many Hollywood movie stars as well as sports professionals can testify to this argument. However, people who have received college education can generally make a greater contribution to their employers and their country. As a result, compared with most high school graduates, they have higher salaries on average. Indeed, people without a college degree are usually insufficiently prepared or not well-trained to fit for the positions normally held by college graduates. Many high school leavers are thus restrained to menial jobs.

Besides, college graduates have made more sacrifices and spend more years studying than high school graduates. And a higher income is the ideal compensation for their efforts made and sweat shed. If the highly-educated does not have a higher, not to mention a lower, income, then people would be discouraged from entering the tertiary institution and so it may do harm to the national economy.

Some people would argue that since society gives college graduates more money, they need to pay their full cost of education as a return. Yet we should not ignore that many students come from average or even disadvantaged families. Without the financial aid from the university or the country, they may not be able to support themselves to complete their education. In addition, the attraction of a partly or fully funded college education can act as a driving force for students to aspire for higher education.

In summary, it is quite reasonable for the highly-educated to have a more handsome pay than the less well-educated and they should be financed in their college study.