2012年12月英语四级作文真题:Education pays

拼写很棒，可适当增加学术词汇的使用；文章在句法方面做的很棒，从句和复杂句的使用不错；层次不清晰，几乎没有使用衔接词。

In recent decades, some people think that it's wasting time to study at school. Some people don't learn much but can also have big success. I disagree with this kind of opinion. Anyway, a higher educational degree could bring you a lower unemployment rate and help you get higher salary. According to the current population survey, we can see what it works easily. Firstly, most people who have less than a high school diploma can only get 451 dollars a week and the unemployment rate is high up 14.1%. Secondly, if you have a high school diploma, you can earn 638 dollars a week. People who have a high school diploma are better than people who have less than a high school diploma, and the unemployment rate is 9.4%. Thirdly, people who can go to college but don't have degrees seem better than people who have a high school diploma. However, if you have a degree, no matter what degree you have, associate, bachelor or master's degree, you are much better than people who don't have any degree. There is a strange phenomenon. People who have a professional degree can earn more than people who have doctor degree and the unemployment rate lower. Although there is some strange phenomenon, have a higher degree is better than lower degree is not a wrong statement. If you want to earn money and you are not intelligent, you have to study hard.