William Zinsser who is the master of Branford College at Yale University said "The pressure is almost as heavy on students who just want to graduate and get a job. (Zinsser 399) This sentence shows that many college students are having trouble to achieve their genuine dream. Also, they felt four kinds of pressures such as economic, parental, peer and self-induced pressure. In addition, the author argues that college students prefer to have higher grades than others one because they think it will be really help them achieve a successful life. According to Zinsser, "students in the late 1960's were concerned about 'why is there so much suffering in the world?' or 'How can I make a contribution?' However students in late 1970's were concerned about taking a good grade (Zinsser 398). They believed how one looked on paper is more important than how one looked in person. These sorts of things interrupted what they really want to do.

             First, students are being forced to make limited decisions on their major by "economic pressure, " which is based on the terms of "practical value. This outside pressure, which values the security of career, finance and society, causes the obsessive thought of picking major other than law, business or medicine is failure. The author points out that "they don't value or focus on the fact that there are more unexpected turns in their life, but focus on the fastest way to achieve the career security, financial security or social security, which made students start to the emphasize transcript more than how one appears in person.(Zinsser 398) It is natural for students who live in this society. Zinsser called this world as "brutal economy.(Zinsser 399) In South Korea which is my homeland, students who have not enough money to go university get a part time job to make money for school expenses. However, tuition is too expensive to pay. As a result, they decide to quit school and get a job.