Some people believe that university students should pay all the cost of studies because university education only benefits students themselves not the society as a whole. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

There has been a discussion about whether the cost of studying at

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should be fully borne by students. From my personal perspective, tertiary

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benefits both individuals and

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as a whole, so I do not feel that its tuition fees should be paid by those receiving the

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alone. There are two dimensions where we can easily observe the positive impacts that people with higher educational backgrounds bring to

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, with the first one being economics.

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college graduates, as shown in many surveys, are highly likely to enjoy a better wage than school leavers,

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an increase in their salary will

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translate into more taxes paid to the local government

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more disposable income expended in daily life for either daily necessities or entertainment.

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means that individuals with a college degree can certainly contribute to tax revenues and sales in retailing sectors of

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.

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to these economic benefits of a college

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at the community level, an advanced collective capacity to adapt to change is the second dimension that I think

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graduates can help with.

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is because by learning how to learn in

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, they have become continuous learners and

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are more capable of readapting themselves to the everchanging world, where the social and technological development of any nation must depend on a pool of

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talents.

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to say, without a large number of

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graduates, our community would suffer a lot when facing social and economic challenges. In conclusion, with the two points made above,

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individuals studying at

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do have significant benefits to

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as a whole, so the proposal that

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costs in

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field should only be paid by learners is unreasonable. I believe government funding should be part of the cost, and

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can be in the form of government-funded grants or special loan programs to support students financially, especially those from low socioeconomic backgrounds.