Manyyoungpeoplegotouniversitieswithoutaclearideaofwhattheyaregoingtodo.Ifoneconsidersthevariouscoursesoffered,itisnothardtoseehowdifficultitisforastudenttoselectthecoursemostsuitedtohim.Ifastudentgoestoauniversitytoacquireabroaderperspectiveoflife,hewillundoubtedlybenefit.Schoolsoftenhavetoorestrictiveanatmosphere.Moststudentswould,Ibelieve,profitbytheexplorationofdifferentacademicstudies,especiallythe“allrounder”withnoparticularinterest.①Theyshouldhavealongertimetodecideinwhatsubjecttheywanttotaketheirdegrees,sothatinlaterlife,theydonotlookbackandregret.
Thereis,ofcourse,anothersidetothequestionofhowtomakethebestuseofone’stimeatuniversity.②Somestudents,whoaregoodataparticularbranchoflearning,mayspendthreeorfouryearsbecomingaspecialist,appearingwithafirstclassHonorsDegreebutverylittleknowledgeofwhattherestoftheworldisallabout.Thereforetherewillhavetobemuchmoredetailedinformationinallfields.Ontheonehand,abandofspecialistsignorantofanythingoutsidetheirownsubject,andontheotherhand,aneverincreasingnumberofgraduatesqualifiedinsubjectsforwhichthereislittleornodemandintheworkingworld.③