Learning is primarily a matter of personal discipline; students cannot be motivated by school or college alone.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
For primary school students, learning is a matter of personal interest as the young students have not yet developed personal discipline
- students are still learning how to discipline themselves
- they should be driven to learn by interest
- schools should offer opportunities to explore different subjects through a balanced curriculum
- such a curriculum should motivate students to learn
For secondary school students, learning is indeed a matter of personal discipline but schools should help the students to improve their personal discipline through motivation
- more stuff to learn and competition is fierce
- schools should be respobsible to help students to develop their discipline because their performance will determine their future path (high school dropouts v. college graduates)
For college students, college should respect students’ personal choice over how much effort they want to make for learning
- college students are adults who should be responsible for their own decisions
- learning may not be the priority for many college students (no need for colleges to motivate them)
- some may drop out from colleges to do other interesting things (e.g. start a new company)