Certifficate Mania In the face of the mounting pressure nowdays, many university students take various training courses and sit certificate exxams. in order to gain a competitive edge on the job market. They usually spend weekends or vacations in training camps. polishing up on their current skills or acquiring a new one. A chain of reasons lead to this certificate mania. At the heart of the phonomenon, there is an increasing number of university graduates while that of job vacancies does not grow in proportion to it. As a result,employers have bountiful optious and would like to recruit the ones with more related experience and skills. Since exams and certificates in some way reflect one's mastry of certain skills.many students would like to give them a try. To be sure.it is a good thing to be spurred on to learn new things. However,"certificate mania" goes to extremes. It is not only miskeading but also places a great burden on students. In my opiniow, a certificnte does not necessarily reflect one's ability that really counts.and so we had better keep a skepticnl eye on this maniw and prevent vain and burdensome efforts.