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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 Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. - photo by Scott Rogers

01112018 UNG 5.jpg — University of North Georgia students make their way across the Gainesville campus between classes Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. - 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.