One of the Problems with Credentialism Is That More and More

question 32

Multiple Choice

One of the problems with credentialism is that more and more students (with their parents' help) are attempting to attend private schools or to be placed in the best tracks in their public school.This may be one of the reasons that:

• A) increasingly more employers are not asking for educational accomplishments at job interviews.
• B) parents are attempting to have their children accepted at the "right" day care,sometimes even before they are born.
• C) increasingly fewer boys are graduating from high school.
• D) fewer people are able to perform their actual jobs.

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