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I054(想象力文学)
The author claimsthat all college students should be required to take courses of imaginativeliterature such as poetry, novels, and mythology, aiming at becomingwell-rounded individuals. From my perspective, I agree that students should take courses which improve imagination and creativethinking. However, I don’t think it necessary to make these courses anobligation for all college students, especially those who do not major inliterature, to study without any process of selection according to theirinterests or majors.

I couldn’t agreemore that the 21st century andmodern society need well-rounded individuals with not only expertise in onecertain field but also fundamental understandings about other aspects of ourworld and, above all, imagination and creativity, which are the origins ofcreative thinking and productivity. And there is no denying that courses likeimaginative literature, to a large extent, can inspire students’ creativity andimagination.

Imaginativeliterature, undoubtedly, is a good way to improve students’ imagination, but Iam inclined to support idea that students choose their own means, according totheir interests or majors, to enhance their creative thinking and imaginationwhich are indispensable for becoming well-rounded individuals. Interest is thebest teacher, and there are ways for students to choose, to become well-roundedpersons. If students can choose to study by their favorite means, specifically,by taking courses which they are really interested in, they can be much moreactive in their study, not only in imaginative literature courses, but also inother relatively difficult professional courses. On the contrary, if studentsare compelled to attend lectures which they have little interests in, theeffect of their study will be counterproductive.

And another reasonwhy I disagree with the author’s method of all college students takingimaginative literature courses is that students may spend too much time readingnovels or mythologies. If the courses require students to read thoseimaginative novels, such as the Lord of Rings or A Song of Ice and Fire, the widely acknowledged classics of imaginative literature with acomplicated plot and quirky twist, probably leading to dilapidation of students’professional study, which is also an indispensable element of a well-roundedindividual. It is not advisable to choose a uncertain means to inspire students’imagination and creativity at the risk of their professional study, when thereare many alternate methods which can attain the same effects.

The last reasonwhy I oppose the author’s proposal in the claim is that colleges anduniversities have to put additional resources to ensure all the students,regardless of their majors or appetites, taking imaginative literature courses.This will definitely increase the burden of universities, not only financiallybut also in arrangement of teachers, classrooms, and curriculum. If the author’sproposal is put into practice, universities probably have to cancel othercourses which may be peripheral considered by students whose major isirrelevant to them, just like the condition which imaginative literature facestoday. Hence, it is not realistic or reasonable to require all college studentsto take imaginative literature courses.

To sum up, collegestudents becoming well-rounded individuals is the goal for us to make effortsfor. But it will be more effective if students choose their own method to workfor the goal instead of requiring all students to take imaginative literaturecourses as an obligation, which may lead to the opposite consequence.

I strongly agreewith the author that free university education should be provided to anyadmitted student who cannot afford the tuition.