Firstly, he believes the extra
workload1 involved is resulting in abnormally high stress levels in both students at secondary school and adults studying after working hours.
Secondly2, skills which might be more relevant to the
undertaking3 of a sought_after job are being overlooked by employers interviewing candidates without qualifications on paper. These two areas of concern for the individual are causing physical and emotional stress respectively.
para 7.?Gatsby also argues that there are attitudinal changes within society to the
exalted4 role education now plays in determining how the spoils of working life are distributed. Individuals of all ages are being driven by social pressures to achieve academic success
solely5 for
monetary6 considerations instead of for the joy of enlightenment. There is the danger that some universities are becoming degree factories with an attendant drop in standards. Furthermore, our education system may be rewarding doggedness above creativity; the very thing Australians have been encouraged to avoid.But the most
undesirable7 effect of this academic paper chase, Gatsby says,is the disadvantage that 'user pays'higher education confers on the poor, who invariably lose out to the more financially favoured.