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Students should bring a certain skepticism to whatever they study. They should question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively.
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Some people, especially the old, are lamenting that the students of today are so encouraged to be skeptical that might bring them to be cynical, and thus do harm to the society. Although I agree that going to extremes will have adverse effect on the society, I do not think it is negative for the students to question and criticize, if they are under proper encouragement.
First of all, the youth are just like the early morning sun----they are energetic and creative, and they keep high enthusiasm towards everything. If we encourage them to observe the world with skeptical eyes, we will reap the rich fruition in the form of invention and discoveries in the future. To be skeptical is an effective way to form original and creative[original和criative 不是同义词吗,重复之嫌] thoughts. Many great thinkers, Aristotle for instance, always keep skeptical towards what he learned. Although his teacher Plato, also the greatest thinker at that time, was famous and honored by the public, Aristotle just refused to share the totally same belief with his teacher, instead he established his own theory. What is interesting is that Plato and Aristotle had distinguished opinions over several things; their theories are both respected by people even now. We can not imagine what a pity it would be if Aristotle just fellow[follow] his teacher's foot prints, and had no original thoughts at all. Referring to the goal of education, we do not just pour the information to the students, but also equip them with critical thinking and skepticism. More vividly, skepticism is like the compass, with which the students would not sail aimless in the sea of knowledge.[这一段论证很充分,但你的topic sentence 很不足,应该改一下,比方说critical thinking is helpful for children to form original thougts,原第一句可放后说]
Furthermore, the characteristic of knowledge requires the students to be skeptical, and in this way, students can impel the development of the society. No theory is perfect and needs no revision. Even the scientific grant, Newton, is no exception. The laws of Newton were proved to be unperfected when Einstein's relativism was born.[能不能换个新颖点的] So it is with many theories and inventions. If students are required to accept all the theories passively, or just by rigid remembrance, there would[not] be any further development in technology and the whole society. Take the theory about the nature of light for example. At that time, whether the nature of light is particle or wave is in heated discussion. However, many people just fellow[follow] Newton's belief---light is particle without doubt. Not until Thomas Young's experiment would people understood[understand] the truth. This example is used to point to passive acceptance on knowledge is harmful, and it will undoubtedly impede the march of science.[这个例子好]Admittedly, we should to take this statement too far. Students of skepticism does not merely mean question and criticize without thinking of the solution. People always cites Descartes’ saying,” I think, therefore I am", as an excuse to be cynical. However, Descartes was strongly against those who just criticized and did nothing to search for solution. So at the same time, students should be encouraged to think of the solution and innovation as well as being skeptical. And moreover, if students are mislead [misled]to criticize or refuse everything, no matter it is reasonable or not, our society will be at great chaos. Like they disobey the laws or ethics in the name of skepticism. Luckily, also through education, we can lead students to make stride on the right way.
To sum up, students with skeptical eyes can contribute to the society with their great energy and creativity. On the contrary, without skepticism, they would be blinded by the existed knowledge, and then our society will be not as flourishing as it is now[你的写作水平挺高的呀,整篇文章论证充分,值得我学习] |
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