大学卒業後／after
they leave school
大人への転身をする／mark the transition to adulthood
〜する傾向にある／tend to〜
独立して生活する／live independently
I
think in many cases people attend university because
that is what is expected of them after they leave school.
In my school at least 90 percent of all graduates went
on to further education. With this kind of standard
being set, people believe that it is the done-thing
to graduate from school and move on to university.
Not to do so would to be somehow left behind. But more
than this, I think people at graduation age want to
experience their first taste of adult life. In the
UK, the age of 18 marks the transition to adulthood.
At 18 people can vote, get married without their parents'
consent, drink alcohol in a bar, gamble in a casino
or become an MP. On the whole, British students tend
to choose universities which are in a different town
from where their parents live. Having left school at
the age of 18 or 19, they regard going to university
as their first chance to live independently as an adult.(168
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