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　　In the past, people who graduated from college felt proud of their academic(学业的)achievements and felt confident that their degree(学位)would help them to find a good job．

　　However, in the past four years the job market has changed greatly．This year's college graduates are facing one of the worst job markets．For example, Ryan Stewart, a graduate of San Jose State University, got a degree in religious(宗教)studies, but no job prospects．He points out that many people already working are getting laid off(解雇)and don't have jobs, so it's even harder for new college graduates to find jobs．

　　Four years ago, the future looked bright for the class of 2006．There were many high-tech job chances．Graduates received many job offers, and they were able to get jobs with high salaries(薪水)and benefits such as insurance(保险)and paid vacations．However, "Times have changed and it's a new market," according to an officer of the San Jose State Career Center．

　　The officer says students who do find jobs started preparing two years ago．They worked during summer vacations, they have had several short-time jobs, and they've majored in one of the few fields that are still hot, like chemical engineering, accounting, or nursing, where average(平均的)starting salaries have actually increased over last year．Other popular fields(like information system management, computer science, and political science)have seen big declines(下降)in starting salaries．

　　Ryan Stewart(he had hoped to become a teacher)may go back to school in order to become a college teacher．He thinks college teaching could be a good career even in a bad economy．

　　In conclusion, these days a degree may not be a ticket to instant wealth for some students．For now, they can only hope the value of their degree will increase over time．

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　　In the past, people who graduated from college felt proud of their academic(学业的)achievements and felt confident that their degree(学位)would help them to find a good job．

　　However, in the past four years the job market has changed greatly．This year's college graduates are facing one of the worst job markets．For example, Ryan Stewart, a graduate of San Jose State University, got a degree in religious(宗教)studies, but no ________ job ________ prospects．He points out that many people already working are getting laid off(解雇)and don't have jobs, so it's even harder for new college graduates to find jobs．

　　Four years ago, the future looked bright for the class of 2006．There were many high-tech job chances．Graduates received many job offers, and they were able to get jobs with high salaries(薪水)and benefits such as insurance(保险)and paid vacations．However, "Times have changed and it's a new market," according to an officer of the San Jose State Career Center．

　　The officer says students who do find jobs started preparing two years ago．They worked during summer vacations, they have had several short-time jobs, and they've majored in one of the few fields that are still hot, like chemical engineering, accounting, or nursing, where average(平均的)starting salaries have actually increased over last year．Other popular fields(like information system management, computer science, and political science)have seen big declines(下降)in starting salaries．

　　Ryan Stewart(he had hoped to become a teacher)may go back to school in order to become a college teacher．He thinks college teaching could be a good career even in a bad economy．

　　In conclusion, these days a degree may not be a ticket to instant wealth for some students．For now, they can only hope the value of their degree will increase over time．

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　　Mr．Whitson taught sixth-grade science．On the first day of class，he gave us a lecture about a creature called the cattywampus，an animal that was wiped out(灭绝)during the Ice Age．He passed around a skull(头骨)as he talked．We all took notes and later had a test．

　　When he returned my paper，I was shocked．There was a big red“X”through each of my answers．I had failed．There had to be some mistake！I had written down exactly what Mr．Whitson said．Then I realized that everyone in the class had failed．What had happened？

　　“Very simple．”Mr．Whitson explained．He had made up all those things about cattywampus．There had never been any such animal．The information in our notes was wrong．Did we expect praise(表扬)for wrong answers？

　　We were very angry．What kind of test was that？And what kind of teacher？

　　We should have figured it out(弄……明白)，Mr．Whitson said．At the very moment he was passing around that cattywampus skull，hadn’t he been telling us that no trace(迹象)of the animal remained(存在)？He had described its color and other facts he couldn’t have known．He had given the animal a strange name，and we still hadn’t been suspicious(有疑心的)．The zeroes on our papers would be recorded in his grade book，he said．And they were．

　　Mr．Whitson said he hoped we would learn something from this experience．Teachers and notebooks are not never wrong．In fact，no one is．He told us not to let our minds go to sleep and to speak up if we ever thought he or textbook was wrong．

　　I haven’t made any great scientific discoveries(科学发现)，but Mr．Whitson’s class gave me and my classmates something just as important：the courage(勇气)to look people in the eye and tell them they are wrong．He also showed us that you can have fun doing it．

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