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Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country.(82)
Perhaps few things in this world are as significant to university educators as what the most effective educating method is to college students. Despite various responses people may have concerning the issue regarding whether colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country, I, given the chance, prefer to endorse that either the affirmative answer or negative seems too extreme.
To begin with, requiring college students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country pays both students and the society. For one thing, studying abroad for at least a semester provides the students with the great opportunity to broaden their horizon. A college student, given the chance to experiencing studying in a different country will no doubt be exposed to cultural, knowledge and incidents that he or she has never been face with, that will seductively make the student equipped with the capability to gain more knowledge, make more friends and grow to be mature when confronted with setbacks, all of which will be an advantage that makes he or she more competitive in later days when the student hunts for a job. Also, requiring university students to study in a foreign country may help the society to develop more successfully. College students are the people who will be the majority in the country in the near future when they graduate, and therefore the future of the society, to some extent, is determined by the ability of college students. Additionally, chances are that university students may find certain virtue of another country that otherwise may not be perceived by government officials. Take Michael Lee, a college student in Peking University as an example, he successfully settled the problem of traffic jam in the city of Beijing after being inspired by the traffic system in the city of New York which he studied carefully during his one-semester studying there as an exchange student.
The favorable aspect of requiring college students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country, however, cannot eclipse the problematic part underlying this issue. To be specific, it is highly likely that not every family of every student can afford studying in a foreign country, especially those in developing countries whose living condition are deplorable. Furthermore, the individuals have to adapt themselves to the culture of another country that may be in sharp contrast to his or her hometown, which may make the student less confident and introverted. For instance, the joke that makes americans cannot stop laughing may sounds nothing interesting to a German student. In short, not every student is suitable for, or is looking forward to the life abroad.
Granted that spending at least one semester studying in a foreign country is of great significance in terms of laying firm foundation for the personal achievement of the student by acquiring more knowledge and experience abroad, education amounts to far more than knowledge and experience; it also embraces delivering beliefs, values and humanity. In my view, students can either choose to study at least one semester in a foreign country or not, as long as students can find either method of study help to elicit the potential of them aimed at helping to realize the riches within themselves. |
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