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Hello students, week number two.

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Last week we discussed about the
differences that exist between

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the American system of education,
the French one and the British one,

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and we agreed on the fact that
the terms were different depending

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on the different levels,
especially with the word college

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that is understood differently
in the different systems,

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British, French and American English
system.

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Now we are going to look at another
difference between the system of

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education between France, in
France and in the UK and in the

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United States, and this one is
higher education.

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It is the major difference when
we speak of education.

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Higher education in France is nearly
free depending on the revenue of

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your parents.

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If you have to pay, you have to
pay 170 euros for one academic year.

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In Britain and in the United States,
it is more expensive than that.

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For example, in the UK it is 9,000
pounds for one academic year and

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this is for British citizens and
EU citizens as well,

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which means that if you are a non-EU
citizen, you will have to pay at

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least 10,000 pounds for one academic
year.

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But even in Britain,
the situation is still better than

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what it is like in the United States.

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Let's go to the United States.

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In the United States,
the tuition fees, this is how we

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call the cost of university,
starts from 10,000 dollars for

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one academic year.

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And of course, there are lots of
differences depending on the different

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states.

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As we explained last week,
depending on the state,

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things are different.

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The cost of university,
the system and sometimes even the

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legislation is different.

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So it starts from 10,000 dollars
in the United States.

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Of course, if you are going to
study in the same state you live in,

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if you are from a different state,
it could be more expensive than

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that from 26,000 dollars and if
you are a foreign student,

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it is even more expensive than that.

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We have to keep in mind that they
also have private universities.

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Private universities start from
35,000 dollars for one academic year.

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Now let's think about the consequences
of the cost of university in the

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United States and in Britain.

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It means that people are going
to contract loans so that they

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can afford attending the courses
at university and this has an impact

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on different things.

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First thing, their adult life.

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It entrance to adult life is going
to be delayed in many ways.

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For example, getting married.

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Lots of people, young citizens
in the United States,

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because they are in debt,
are going to delay getting married.

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Same thing for the age
of having children, having kids.

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26% of the American citizens are
going to delay having kids because

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of the loan they contracted when
they went to university.

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Getting a mortgage, buying a house,
that also is going to be delayed.

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So it means that because of the
cost of higher education in the

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United States, the life of many
Americans is impacted.

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To the point that now there is
a dilemma which means that the

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students have to choose between
going to university and being in

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debt in their adult life or starting

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straight away to work after high
school diploma.

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So this is a big dilemma.

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The thing is that we have to bear
in mind is that when you go to

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complete university, you tend to
be paid 80% more than a person

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who's got just a high school
certificate.

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So this has to be taken into
consideration when looking at higher

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education in the United States.

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I see you next week to discuss
the evolution and why the tuition

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fees in the United States are so
expensive.