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From the Ted Talk by Sajay Samuel: How college loans exploit students for profit
Unscramble the Blue Letters
1.2 trillion dlarlos of debts for diplomas make it abundantly obvious that higher ecuatodin is a ceusmonr product you can buy. All of us talk about education just as the economists do now, as an investment that you make to improve the human stock by training them for work. As an investment you make to sort and classify people so that employers can hire them more easily. The U.S. News & wlord Report ranks colleges just as the consumer report rates washing machines. The language is peppered with bsrrmaiabs. tcharees are called "service providers," students are claeld "consumers." Sociology and Shakespeare and soccer and science, all of these are "content."
Open Cloze
1.2 trillion _______ of debts for diplomas make it abundantly obvious that higher _________ is a ________ product you can buy. All of us talk about education just as the economists do now, as an investment that you make to improve the human stock by training them for work. As an investment you make to sort and classify people so that employers can hire them more easily. The U.S. News & _____ Report ranks colleges just as the consumer report rates washing machines. The language is peppered with __________. ________ are called "service providers," students are ______ "consumers." Sociology and Shakespeare and soccer and science, all of these are "content."
Solution
- barbarisms
- education
- dollars
- called
- teachers
- world
- consumer
Original Text
1.2 trillion dollars of debts for diplomas make it abundantly obvious that higher education is a consumer product you can buy. All of us talk about education just as the economists do now, as an investment that you make to improve the human stock by training them for work. As an investment you make to sort and classify people so that employers can hire them more easily. The U.S. News & World Report ranks colleges just as the consumer report rates washing machines. The language is peppered with barbarisms. Teachers are called "service providers," students are called "consumers." Sociology and Shakespeare and soccer and science, all of these are "content."
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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higher education |
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high school |
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student loan |
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colorado state |
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college grad |
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student debt |
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sales pitch |
2 |
college grads |
2 |
engineering student |
2 |
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