Onesixthofundergraduates(本科生)inBeijingthisyearhaveregisteredatadrivingschool.Thestudents,mostlyfrommajorssuchasbusinessmanagementorinternationaltrade,willfinishtheredrivingcourseswithin20daysorso.
Trainingcostshavedroppedto,2,600yuanforstudents,accordingtotheHaidianDrivingSchoolinBeijing.Thepriceisnotreallylow,butstudentswillacceptit,seeingitasaninvestment(投资)intheirfuture.FamiliaritywiththeoperationofcomputersandfluentEnglisharethebasicskillsgraduatingstudentsneedtofindajob.Butadriver’spermithasbecomeanotherfactor.
“Inthejobmarket,owningadriver’spermitsometimesstrengthensagraduatingstudent’scompetitivenessforagoodposition,”saysZhouYang,anundergraduateattheChinaUniversityofPoliticalScienceandLaw.
Carswillbecomeanecessarypartofmanypeople’slivesinthecomingyears,andit’sdifficulttogetapermitoutofcampusbecauseofthepressuresonworkingpeople’stime.“Havingafull-timejobaftergraduationofferslimitedtimetolearntodrive.Weseniorstudentshaveplentyofsparetime,plentyofopportunitiestolearn.”
XuJian,anofficialatthedrivingschool,saidundergraduateswereveryableandserious,andcouldgraspinanhourwhatittookordinarypeoplefourhourstolearn.Inthisdrivingschool,middle-agedpeople,youngwomenandcollegestudentsarethemaincustomers.
Togetadriver’spermit,abeginnerisnowrequiredtohaveatleast86hours’practicebeforethefinalroadtest.
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