We have noticed several short student "notes" to "Carlos" (the Dean of Students). The author draws the reader's attention to his essay using these short notes to establish his idea of college pressures. That also begins to set the author¡¯s humorous tone of the essay and show his sympathy to the college students who are under great pressures.

Some of us believe that the author writes the essay from college students¡¯ point of view. It can found that in many sentences the author uses ¡°we¡± as the subjects referring to the students. The author is privy to the students¡¯ hopes and fears, and he understands what they want and what they are thinking about. We can tell that the author is showing hi

College students in China are also under the pressures of the enlarging enrollment of universities and employment. Graduated students are in fierce competitions to hunt good jobs. The increasing number of college students pushes the graduates to get diplomas of higher and higher level or go abroad to have further studies. ¡°They are trying to find an edge¡± to get good jobs.

First, the government should invest more funds in education. It is reported that the proportion of educational investment in China takes up no more than 4% of GDP. China is among the countries that have the least investment in education in the world. Once the funds are raised, the tuition fees can be lowered.

Finally, students should help themselves out of pressures. Try to talk with parents, friends or roommates heart-to-heart. It might not be able to help students to find the way to solve their problems, but it can release them from pressures and intension. Besides, students can sometimes pay attention to other things. At Christmas Day or Halloween, parties are held. On April Fool¡¯s Day, tricks are played on friends. Nowadays, students are finding ways to get relaxation. We do not consider whether the festivals have something to do with our Chinese or not.

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Dean Students, GDP China, William Zinsser, Fool¡¯s Day, college students, , Day Halloween, tuition fees, college students¡¯, parental peer, release pressures, help students, giving suggestions, students author,