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Hit or Diss?: Juliana Piskorz, 17, Chiswick

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School education? As much as it pains me to say it, especially in the presence of my parents and faced with piles of overdue summer work, school education is a definite HIT.

Aside from the ungodly, early morning wake-up call and the array of indistinguishable delicacies known as school dinners, our schools and teachers have ensured that our generation can succeed in anything they choose to pursue and for that we should be eternally grateful.

Careers advice in school? Careers advice in school is a resounding DISS. Never in seven years of senior education have I encountered a careers adviser or any form of careers advice, with the exception of a pamphlet titled University and The Future. All in all I feel that careers advice is vastly overlooked and under-funded in schools and this is a problem that urgently needs resolving.

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