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Nor can I blame them. They live in a brutal economy. 但我也不能责怪他们，因为他们生活在残酷的经济时代。 Today it is not unusual for a student, even if he works part time at college and full time during the summer, to accrue $ 5.000 in loans after graduation. 今天对一个学生来说，即使他在念书时兼职打工，在暑假全职工作，以攒钱在毕业后偿还5000美元的债务，也是很平常的。 Exhorted at commencement to go forth into the world, he is already behind as he goes forth. How could he not feel under pressure throughout college to prepare for this day of reckoning? 在毕业时，他们受到鼓舞踏入社会，而事实上，在他踏入社会之际已落后于他人了。为了跟上时代步伐，他们在大学生活中怎会受不到压力呢? Along with economic pressure goes parental pressure. Inevitably, the two are deeply intertwined. 与经济压力同时存在的是来自父母的压力，这两者不可避免地融合在一起。 Poor students. They are caught in one of the oldest webs of love and duty and guilt. The parents mean well; they are trying to steer their sons and daughters toward a secure future. But the sons and daughters toward a secure future. But the sons and daughters want to major in history or classics or philosophysubjects with no practical value. Wheres the payoff on the humanities? Its not easy to persuade such loving parents that the humanities do indeed pay off. The intellectual faculties developed by studying subjects like history and classics are just the faculties that make creative leaders in business or almost any general field. | 
