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I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]
In Western countries so many kids have been given their toys on a silver platter that they do not understand the word pressure in this context
In Greece these kids you mentioned get really feked by the system of the highly competitive exams to enter university where all kids participate.You see most children of academics,professors and doctors being ridiculed in the exams since the competition is too high.
There is no way to cheat since the counter-measures are very strict.(they are simple:black tape over the name of the examinee,grading by two independant teachers in other city from where the exam took place,deciding the subjects of the exam just some minutes before the exam by lottery where 5 professors give subjects after being isolated in an office without phone for one day,police presence in exam centers,competitve students sitting close so they have countermotivation to help,two teachers inspecting each classroom who get reawarded by catching sb who cheats and very hard punishment for those who caught cheating including their expell of the exam.They get grade sero in all subjects).
And guess what?Society blames these exams,they say they destroy the sensitive nature of children etc and many of those who fail travel to study where? in UK,Italy and eastern european countries.In UK there are 50000 greek students,the largest number of foreign students among all foreign groups,in Italy about 30000 and in eastern Europe another 35000.
Of course in eastern Europe they pay for the degree,in Italy they exploit the easy access to university and in UK they always finish on time.
Many of them achieve later entrance to greek universities by bribing professors in exams conducted by professors,not the national exams.
The graduates coming from abroad develop ridiculous theories.
Anyway the whole situation is messed up.I mean whether you want to limit the number of degrees or not,the higher classes and middle class will always find ways to penetrate the system and reward their kids by simply lowering the admission standards either inside the country or abroad.
So the kids who do not have rich parent but just academic abilities are really condemned,they have pissed into the well,as we say in Greece.(this was one reason for the black future of young generation which lead to the violent riots in Athens in December,which were very much admired and felt jealous for by the french and some more young generations).
