May/31/2017 初稿
15) Educational institutions should actively encourage their students to choose fields of study that will prepare them for lucrative careers.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position
Education institutions are the place where students gained their knowledges, and get prepared for their future careers. It would be beneficial for students if educational institutions actively encouraging them to choose to study in the filed that can prepare them for lucrative careers.
For parents, education is an large amount of investment on their children. They paid the fees, sent their children to the college, hoping that their children can learn knowledge, enhance themselves, and finally get a wonderful job. However, children sometimes cannot determine what fields of study would benefit them best with regards to future careers, as well as parents are not the expert on the correlation between fields of study. If the college can help guide the students to engage in the fields of study that can help them prepared for lucrative careers, the efforts will be recognized by the parents who invest a large amount of money hoping for return.
On the other hand, as mentioned before, students who are too young to judge that what fields of study they choose would affect the status of their future careers, would benefit a lot from the college's intervene. By encouraging the students to choose certain fields of study, the institution prevents the students from jobless and help them gain a well-paid job for better lives.
From the institutions' points of views, they are required to better prepared their students for the job society and are evaluated by the employment rates and job income of their graduates. By encouraging students focus on the fields of study that beneficial for lucrative careers, the institutions can improve the employment rates and job income of the students, thereby improving the status and reputation of the institutions. The institution can recruit more good students, which can keep the institution in a good status.
However, as an educational institutions, the main responsibility is educating students and help students pursue self-fulfillment. The measure of a successful career is not only measured by the salary, but also by many more important features, such as the contribution to the society, or the happiness gained from the career. Scientists, compared to businessman, are not persuing a lucrative career, but they are made a huge importance to the improvement of the whole world. Thereby, it is also important to pursue fields of study that can beneficial to the society.
In sum, generally speaking, it would be beneficial for the educational institutions to actively encourage their students to choose fields of study that will prepare them for lucrative careers. While it is still optional for students to choose whatever fields of study that they want.