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Letter: Students need life skills to be taught in universities, public schools

University of North Georgia students make their way across the Gainesville campus between classes. The university is hoping to make the application process easier for new students with its Apply to Fly program. - photo by Scott Rogers

01112018 UNG 5.jpg — University of North Georgia students make their way across the Gainesville campus between classes. The university is hoping to make the application process easier for new students with its Apply to Fly program. - photo by Scott Rogers

The CPA exam is a detriment to my accounting profession. It’s not the root problem. Rather, universities like my alma mater, UGA, teach strictly to the exam’s accounting principles because a high pass-rate is prestigious.