No, if opportunity cost taken into consideration, it's clear that such a combination is necessary, just as the U.S. case. Nowadays, more and more undergraduates take themselves as technical or secondary school students, which shows a great waste of social resources.

You should see the essence, rather than the outlook exclusively. Not only the medicine or architecture need 5 or 6 years, but other fields; in other words, without such a time for preparation, you should not position yourself properly, which is the key step to your living and rooting in the competitive society.

Okay. I do agree with you. But why not more intense classes then? In my own experience, the forth/last year in college was completely a waste of time. The quality of educ is what really matters here. Wasting time in college or going big in biz? That's crystal clear.


check this out: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/03/28/intensive

Your words proves my arguments. We should know that education, including higher education, is a way to know and acquire the social game rules, or someday we can join in its changing and setting activities. The education itself, however, has no glory or halo of priority.
As to intense classes till the last year, it's a pity that the students and teachers are the sacrifies of the Soviet Education paradigm. Especially, the guardians, always the grandpas and grandmas, in the undergraduate education sees the planning institutions. It's ridiculous that both the students and teachers in the universities have no sense of learning, progress and promotion, which needs the help and guide of the so called guardians!

You will not be able to understand, this is not within the scope of your understanding.

I think the education is only a part of what the leader should care about ~~~

we also need to think well about this phenomenon.  some colleges attached to universities charged high tuition fee, and the students who studied there two or three years obtained similar professional qualifications or equivalent. but we spent four or five years to get the bachelor‘s degree. then we are on the same scratch line for finding job, further studying and etc.