In my opinion, grade 12 University level English should not be a requirement for entry into all university programs. I think that 12th grade English should be mandatory but not necessarily University level English because a lot of University courses and jobs in the future does not require things like a high level of understanding of poetry or how to write a proper iterary criticism essay. Have you considered that some people can be completely fluent in the English language yet they can’t write a proper literary criticism essay and can live their lives perfectly fine with a great job? some people just don’t have that kind of way with words.
University English can be such a hard class depending on the person and if they struggle with the course load a lot, it reflects badly on their average and, if you need a University level English credit, it could keep you out of University and stop you from taking the courses you want even though the courses that you want could have nothing to do with English class. And nowadays, you need a degree to get a job almost everywhere except fast food restaurants and being dishwashers. most people would say, ” Why don’t you just go to college instead?” but not all colleges offer the programs you need or they could be really far away and then you would be stuck unhappy with a job that you don’t want.
although I do agree that English should be a mandatory class that you need to take to graduate and that it could help you get into colleges and universities but I just don’t think that it has to be university level classes to move on in life. English class teaches you very meaningful skills such as communicating with the people around you and presenting things in front of other people but you can learn all that from a regular English class just as well. I think that you should only have to take University level English if your program needs it such as becoming an English teacher or a writer or a philosopher or other similar jobs to those of which you use those skills a lot.
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