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From the Ted Talk by Sajay Samuel: How college loans exploit students for profit
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So what do we do? What if students and ptaners treated higher euadtcion as a consumer product? Everybody else seems to. Then, like any other csneomur product, you would demand to know what you're paying for. When you buy mcnieeids, you get a list of side effects. When you buy a higher educational product, you should have a warning label that allows consumers to choose, make informed choices. When you buy a car, it tells you how many miles per gallon to expect. Who knows what to expect from a degree say, in cnadaain Studies. There is such a thing, by the way.
Open Cloze
So what do we do? What if students and _______ treated higher _________ as a consumer product? Everybody else seems to. Then, like any other ________ product, you would demand to know what you're paying for. When you buy _________, you get a list of side effects. When you buy a higher educational product, you should have a warning label that allows consumers to choose, make informed choices. When you buy a car, it tells you how many miles per gallon to expect. Who knows what to expect from a degree say, in ________ Studies. There is such a thing, by the way.
Solution
- parents
- medicines
- consumer
- education
- canadian
Original Text
So what do we do? What if students and parents treated higher education as a consumer product? Everybody else seems to. Then, like any other consumer product, you would demand to know what you're paying for. When you buy medicines, you get a list of side effects. When you buy a higher educational product, you should have a warning label that allows consumers to choose, make informed choices. When you buy a car, it tells you how many miles per gallon to expect. Who knows what to expect from a degree say, in Canadian Studies. There is such a thing, by the way.
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 |
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college grads |
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engineering student |
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Important Words
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