D

Thereasonsforgoingtocollegehavebeenacceptedwithoutquestionformorethanageneration．Allhighschoolgraduatesoughttogo，becausecollegewillhelpthemearnmoremoneybecome “better”people，andlearntobemoreresponsiblecitizensthanthosewhodon’tgo.

Butcollegehasneverbeenabletoworkitsmagicforeveryone．Andnowthatclosetohalfourhighschoolgraduatesareattending，thosewhodon’tfitthepatternarebecomingmorenumerous，andmoreobvious．Collegegraduatesaresellingshoesanddrivingtaxis；collegestudentsinterferewitheachother’sexperimentsandwritefalselettersofrecommendationintheintensecompetitionforadmissiontograduateschool．Othersfindnostimulationintheirstudies，anddropout—oftenencouragedbycollegeadministrators．

Someobserverssaythefaultiswiththeyoungpeoplethemselves—theyarespoiledandtheyareexpectingtoomuch．Butthat’sacriticizeofthestudentsasawhole，anddoesn’texplainallcampusunhappiness．Othersblamethestateoftheworld，andtheyarepartlyright．We’vebeentoldthatyoungpeoplehavetogotocollegebecauseoureconomycan’tabsorbanarmyofuntrainedeighteen-year-oldeither．

Someadventuresomeeducatorsandcampuswatchershaveopenlybeguntosuggestthatcollegemaynotbethebest，thepropertheonlyplaceforeveryyoungpersonafterthecompletionofhighschool．Wemayhavebeenlookingatallthosesurveysandstatisticsupsidedown，itseems，andthroughtherosyglowofourownrememberedcollegeexperiences．Perhapscollegedoesn’tmakepeopleintelligent，ambitious，happyliberal，orquicktolearnthings-maybeit'sjusttheotherwayaround，andintelligent，ambitious，happyliberal，quick-learningpeoplearemerelytheoneswhohavebeenattractedtocollegeinthefirstplace．Andperhapsallthosesuccessfulcollegegraduateswouldhavebeensuccessfulwhethertheyhadgonetocollegeornot．Thisisheresy(异端)tothoseofuswhohavebeenbroughtuptobelievethatifalittleschoolingisgood，morehastobemuchbetter．Butcontraryevidenceisbeginningtograduallyincreaseinamount．

48．Whatdoestheauthorbelieveaccordingtothepassage?

A．Peopleusedtoquestionthevalueofcollegeeducation．

B．Peopleusedtoha