Magazine Vocable English - Du 6 au 19 septembre 2018
Vocable
Paying the price of education A new television game show, called Paid Off, is proving very popular in the United States. The principle is a competition where students answer questions with the winner having their total student debt reimbursed. Michael Torpey, from the series Orange is the new black, is playing the part of the charismatic presenter in an attempt to encourage the reduction of student debt by drawing attention to the burden affecting 44 million Americans. During the democratic primaries two years ago, Bernie Sanders proposed making public university completely free and some politicians are now taking up this issue in the upcoming midterm elections.