Recently, I am confused by a social phenomenon. Chinese high school students are enthusiastic about a college entrance examination called “Gaokao”.However, in the end, the average wage of college graduates seems not to be much different from that of workers who didn’t go to gollege.
Well, maybe you will say that even if someone with a bachelor degree can hardly get a well paid job, they still learnt many things in college compared to people who did not go to college. I can assure you that most college students did nothing but waste their time and money on the campus.
So study itself is not their main purpose for going to college. Apparently, going to college is not a rational decision for many Chinese students. Still, I am really not able to figure out the reason. All I can say is that it is a total tragedy. As we all know, “Gaokao” is a kind of battle without guns. Not only does it put heavy stress on young people for many years, but people die beacuase of it (death from overwork or committing suicide). Even if they pass, many of them will gain nothing.