小心littleheart的独立作文，自1.27，更新至2.14

小心littleheartUID: 2726034

Do you agree or not? People will have more leisure time in 20 years.
There is an ongoing discussion online, with sharply risen volume, as when people could have more leisure time. A vast majority of people hold the belief that people will have more free time to relax themselves in 20 years partly because of the development of new technology. However, I can hardly agree with them owing to the reasons below.
Admittedly, with advent of computer and Internet, our life becomes more convenient than before. And if more and more high-tech are invented in the following years, our life can become much better for the reason that we can make full use of them to save time and do something we really like. For instance, washing-machine is a good helper for housewives, and with the aid of the invention, those household chores could be easier and not so tired for housewives. It follows that many women don’t need to utilize a whole weekend wash clothes by hand and could possess more free time to do some entertainment.
It is true that so many aspects of improvement in our life benefit us a lot. While, from another perspective, every coin has its two side. Due to the fierce competition in society, an increasing number of people get various pressures from living or work, and they are busy for all kinds of affairs all day which are 3 times much more than the period 20 years ago. Why does this phenomenon happen? Shouldn't our life become better compared with the past? Yes, I admit that our living standard is getting higher and higher, but meanwhile people have also sacrificed a lot for the whole improvement of society, that is they can hardly spare time to enjoy themselves and even playing with their kids becomes a luxury. Adults emerge themselves in their work for earning more money or a high salary, and the same is true for students who are engaged in tedious math problems and have less time to rest.
I must say that as our society is developing, people cannot stop putting forward and have to continuously contribute their intelligence and effort for survival. Just imagine that in 20 years, with the coming of high-speed transportation, it may take children only 5 minutes to get to school. There is no denying that it saves the precious time, whereas, when children arrive at school and take lessons, there are much more subjects and assignments waiting for them. 20 years pass by, more and more knowledge have been discovered and various culture have been built, thus children have to learn more academic subjects and face more burden than the present. The workers are also in a similar situation. On the one hand, they must acquire skills to adapt themselves in the advanced technology, and on the other hand, they try to remember the past experience to enhance their ability. Therefore, do you still suppose people in future will have more leisure time?
By and large, considering mentioned above, I assert that most people cannot be leisure in 20 years and furthermore they may be become much busier and filled themselves with more affairs.

duck2010UID: 2757376

There is an ongoing discussion online, with sharply risen volume, as when people could have more leisure time. A vast majority of people hold the belief that people will have more free time to relax themselves(这里有重复free time的嫌疑，建议删掉) in 20 years partly because of the development of new technology（这个原因是你要突出的重点，建议你采用从句前置）. However, I can hardly agree with them owing to the reasons below.$

Admittedly, with advent（建议换成since the advent） of computer and Internet, our life becomes more（increasingly） convenient than before. And if more and more high-tech are invented in the following years, our life can（虚拟语气用would） become much better for the reason that we can make full use of them to save time and do something we really like（整个句子读起来很费力，建议表达内容较多的长句子断成几个小分句，用逻辑连词连接，使句子更容易被读者读懂）. For instance, washing-machine is a good helper for housewives, and with the aid of the invention, those household chores could be easier and not so tired for housewives. It follows that many women don’t need to utilize a whole weekend wash clothes by hand and could possess more free time to do some entertainment

It is true that so many aspects of improvement in our life benefit us a lot. While, from another perspective, every coin has its two side. Due to the fierce competition in society, an increasing number of people get various pressures from living or work, and they are busy for all kinds of affairs all day which are 3 times much more than the period 20 years ago（我总觉得真正的长句子应该不是简单地用and连接的。个人看法。）. Why does this phenomenon happen? Shouldn't our life become better compared with the past? Yes, （你这里带有演讲的味道。美国人都知道中国说起事情来有两把刷子，像《人民日报》一样很能“忽悠”。我建议你别采用这种语气写文章。）I admit that our living standard is getting higher and higher, but meanwhile people have also sacrificed a lot for the whole improvement of society, that is they can hardly spare time to enjoy themselves and even playing with their kids becomes a luxury. Adults emerge themselves in their work for earning more money or a high salary, and the same is true for students who are engaged in tedious math problems and have less time to rest.

I must （我个人没有在英语中见到这种说法，"i must say"? why do you must say this? some one force you to say it?）say that as our society is developing, people cannot stop putting forward and have to continuously contribute their intelligence and effort for survival. Just imagine that in 20 years, with the coming of high-speed transportation, it may take children only 5 minutes to get to school. There is no denying that it saves the precious time, whereas, when children arrive at school and take lessons, there are much more subjects and assignments waiting for them. 20 years pass by, more and more knowledge have been discovered and various culture have been built, thus children have to learn more academic subjects and face more burden than the present. The workers are also in a similar situation. On the one hand, they must acquire skills to adapt themselves in the advanced technology, and on the other hand, they try to remember the past experience to enhance their ability. Therefore, do you still suppose people in future will have more leisure time?(这里你采用这种语气，似乎对自己的“演讲”太自信了一点。)

By and large, considering （considering these mentioned above） mentioned above, I assert that most people cannot(would not) be leisure in 20 years and furthermore they may be become much busier and filled themselves with more affairs.


内容很充实，观点很丰富。
值得建议的是，在措词造句方面能更加学习地道的英语，写出更加符合ets高分标准的作文。

小心littleheartUID: 2726034

今天没有写规定的题目，而是按自己的计划，写了篇文章，麻烦改作文的同学了，先谢了~ 我也会仔细琢磨今天的题目，然后好好为你们改的~~O(∩_∩)O~


Do you agree or not? People in the past were more friendly than they are now.

Nowadays, there is an ongoing discussion online, with sharply risen volume, as whether people are less friendly than that in the past or not. I assert that people have less leisure time and more burden than before, which makes them could spare only a little time to forge relationship with others. Therefore it is definitely that people in the past are more friendly than that they are now.

Admittedly, with the increasing development of technology and civilization, people have a higher living standard than before. A variety form of entertainments comes out, leading people have a wide horizon of the global. Seemingly, compared with the situation in the past, people will be happier and will no longer be boredom today. While, it is these aspects of improvement that make people feel more tired and inner tedious. Since our high-tech is continuously intensified, the knowledge we need to learn is much more than that before. It follows that people, whether adults or children, have to gain a lot skills for survival. Thus most people don't possess the happiness as before and they have no appetite to take the initiate to greet others, let alone to help others. In a society with fierce competition, more and more people could merely finish the working or studying task, as well as certain must-do responsibility. They are no longer willing to considerate others, unless in some special situation, such as commercial judgment.  
On the other hand, in addition to tiresome tasks and bad disposition resulting in people's strange behavior, another important factor is the precious time. In fact, under most circumstance, people are eager to communicate with friends, colleagues and so list. However they are engaged in various affairs all day, which lead to a serious lack of communication. For instance, Danny, one of my friends, once told me that he felt too much pressure from school to concentrate on his study and he could neither spare time to chat with his parents nor to play football game with his friends. At that time, he was senior student who was preparing for the college entrance examination. Then he said that when he was tired about the endless assignments, he wasn’t likely to talk with others, needless to say smile to others. As can be seen from the example, due to a large number of living burden and all kinds of stress, which don't exist in the past, people keep themselves distant from others and indeed treat others less friendly than before.

By and large, considering those mentioned above, I personally approve that people in the present are not friendly as much as before.

yuminjiaUID: 2659628

People in the past were more friendly than they are now.

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Nowadays, there is an ongoing discussion online, with sharply risen volume, as whether people are less friendly than that in the past or not. (我觉得这个句子太模板化了 因为你的目标肯定不是拿个FIAR;所以我建议下次开头的时候避免这种模板化开头)I assert that people have less leisure time and more burden than before, which makes them could spare only a little time to forge relationship with others. Therefore it is definitely that people in the past are more friendly than that they are now 这个总起句我觉得不错!
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gAdmittedly, with the increasing development of technology and civilization, people have a higher living standard than before. A variety form of entertainments comes out, leading people have a wide horizon of the global. Seemingly我觉得这里不是类似的意思 应该是结果:consequently, compared with the situation in the past, people will be happier and will no longer be boredom today. While, it is these aspects of improvement that make people feel more tired and inner tedious(这2个词是不是有点儿同意重复了). Since our high-tech is continuously intensified, the knowledge we need to learn is much more than that before. It follows that people, whether adults or children, have to gain a lot skills for survival. Thus most people don't possess the happiness as before and they have no appetite to take the initiate to greet others, let alone to help others. In a society with fierce competition, more and more people could merely finish the working or studying task, as well as certain must-do responsibility. They are no longer willing to considerate concern about others, unless in some special situation, such as commercial judgment.
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On the other hand, in addition to tiresome tasks and bad disposition resulting in people's strange behavior, another important factor is the precious time. In fact, under most circumstance, people are eager to communicate with friends, colleagues and so list. However they are engaged in various affairs all day, which lead to a serious lack of communication. For instance, Danny, one of my friends, once told me that he felt too much pressure from school to concentrate on his study(压力太大以至于不能集中精神学习?/LZ注意下TOO..TO的用法,否则会造成逻辑意思不对) and he could neither spare time to chat with his parents nor to play football game with his friends. At that time, he was senior student who was preparing for the college entrance examination. Then he said that when he was tired about the endless assignments, he wasn’t likely to talk with others, needless to say smile to others. As can be seen from the example(学走了 连接不错), due to a large number of living burden and all kinds of stress, which don't exist in the past, people keep themselves distant from others and indeed treat others less friendly than before.
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By and large, considering those mentioned above, I personally approve that people in the present are not friendly as much as before.

我觉得你这个文章开头引出的总起句不错很自然的点出了下面2个要说分论点;
个别语法要注意下 不要犯习惯性的错误 尤其是在写长句子的时候 会不留神犯低级错误
论述里面的话再简洁点就好了.

奇流沙UID: 2698749

Do you agree or not? People in the past were more friendly than they are now.

Nowadays, there is an ongoing discussion online, with sharply risen volume, as whether people are less friendly than that in the past or not. I assert that people have less leisure time and more burden than before, which makes them could(make sb. Can你确定有这样的句式？) spare only a little time to forge relationship with others. Therefore it is definitely that people in the past are more friendly than that they are now(会不会略嫌繁琐？直接用now也是可以的吧).


Admittedly, with the increasing development of technology and civilization, people have a higher living standard than before. (A variety)Various forms of entertainments come out, leading people have a wide horizon of the global.( The appearance of various entertainments leads people to…….呃，这句读着有点别扭就帮你改了一句，但我改的也不好，清再斟酌一下) Seemingly, compared with the situation in the past, people will be happier and will no longer be (boredom)boring today. While, it is these aspects of improvement that make people feel more tired and inner tedious. Since our high-tech is continuously intensified, the knowledge we need to learn is much more than (that没必要作对比时都要加上that) before. It follows that people, whether adults or children, have to gain a lot skills for survival. Thus most people don't possess the happiness as before and they have no appetite to take the initiate to greet others, let alone to help others. In a society with fierce competition, more and more people could merely finish the working or studying task, as well as certain must-do responsibility. They are no longer willing to considerate(这个是形容词啊，你不是第一个把它用成动词的童鞋，care about) others, unless in some special situation, such as commercial judgment.
娱乐活动—生存技能—得不到幸福—不关心他人—除非商业
这一段，论据有点分散
On the other hand, in addition to tiresome tasks and bad disposition resulting in people's strange behavior, another important factor is the precious time. In fact, under most circumstance, people are eager to communicate with friends, colleagues and so list. However they are engaged in various affairs all day, which leads to serious lack of communication. For instance, Danny, one of my friends, once told me that he felt too much pressure from school to concentrate on his study and he could neither spare time to chat with his parents nor to play football game with his friends. At that time, he was a senior student who was preparing for the college entrance examination. Then he said that when he was tired about the endless assignments, he wasn’t likely to talk with others, needless to say smile to others.(这一句表达，呃，用其他童鞋评价我的作文的话说就是很中国化……) As can be seen from the example, due to a large number of living burden and all kinds of stress, which don't exist in the past, people keep themselves distant from others and indeed treat others less friendly than before.
没有时间交流沟通—生活压力
这一段前面说的是没有时间，例子之后又说是因为生活压力，有点乱。
By and large,（学习~） considering those mentioned above, I personally approve that people in the present are not friendly as much as before.
作文的很多句子用的不错，但是中式的表达习惯还是有很多滴~倒数第二段我一开始以为首句是论点但是最后又提出了另外一个论点，有点乱。有一些表达我按自己的思路改了，但是改得不好。本着学习的精神改作文，还请同学多多包涵，多多指教~~(*^__^*) ~

小心littleheartUID: 2726034

35# yuminjia seemingly 是看起来像....本来就不是类似啊~~~tired是劳累，tedious是无聊啊~

小心littleheartUID: 2726034

2.14 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The purpose of television should be all educative, not entertain.

Nowadays, there is an ongoing discussion online, with sharply risen volume, as what kind of programs television should broadcast. Some insist that the aim of television is supposed to be completely educative, and only in this way, can the nation improve its people’s whole quality. However, I can hardly agree with this statement owing to the following reasons.
Initially, television, as a main media, should cover all aspects of society, including education, entertainment and so forth. There is no denying the fact that entertainment plays a significant role in our life, whether adults or children. Workers usually make use of watching entertained programs to release the high working stress. Similarly, students could deteriorate the study tension through watching fashion spots, such as lucky 52 and fascinating JJ. Take my father as an example, he is very diligent on working days, and also undergo great pressure from various directions, such as work, family expense and etc. From his daily behavior, I know that he wants to earn more money to support my education, as well as to make our family have a higher living standard. Then his favorite hobby is just sitting on the sofa and watching football games on TV, which could make him forget all the difficulties and trouble from the work. As can be seen from my father's example, various entertained programs are not only prerequisites of hard working, but also a favorable method of relaxation for a vast amount of people.
From another perspective, entertainment is to our life what spice is a good meal. Since watching enjoyable programs on television has become a widely way of entertaining, people cannot bear the tedious life without the interesting enjoyable spots. Just imagine that if televisions are only educative, few entertain, they will lose numerous audience according to that those people's disposition has been dampened. After careful analysis, we can conclude that the policy will lead to serious consequence. On the one hand, the audience rating will be decreased and thus would seriously affect the TV site employees' income. On the other hand, people would explore other ways to satisfy their curiosity and fulfill their spare time. It follows that student may be addicted to some unhealthy websites, which adversely affect their study. More Worsen, some people may begin to gamble in order to enjoy themselves. The primary purpose of the policy is to modulate people's personality, whereas the possible consequences are not as perfect as we imagine.

As the saying goes, all work and no play make Jack a dull boy. Admittedly, every nation should place a high value on education. However, we cannot acquire knowledge all the time, and only after a thorough rest and entertainment, can we have a desire to learn and gain knowledge. Therefore, television should be both educative and entertained.

slimhUID: 2438517

2.14 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The purpose of television should be all educative, not entertain.1 c* {" v& F. M Nowadays, there is an ongoing discussion online, with sharply risen volume, as(后面句子是解释discussion的吧？那在这里不应该用as） what kind of programs on television should  be broadcast. Some insist that the aim of television is supposed to be completely educative, and only in this way, can (这个can应该是放在the nation后面吧)the nation improve its people’s whole quality（是人素质的质量，不是人的质量吧？人不是物啊). However, I can(可以去掉can) hardly agree with this statement owing to the following reasons. Initially, television, as a main (建议用major)media, should cover all aspects of society, including education, entertainment and so forth. There is no denying the fact that entertainment plays a significant role in our life, whether adults or children. Workers usually make use of watching entertained programs to release the high working(work related，work-related stress，这个用法每看到过的话可以随便打进google查，可以搜到很多相关论文，http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Work-related_stress) stress. Similarly, students could deteriorate the study tension through watching fashion spots（不是很明白）, such as lucky 52 and fascinating JJ. Take my father as an example, he is very diligent on working days, and also undergo great pressure from various directions, such as work, family expense and etc. From his daily behavior, I know that he wants to earn more money to support my education, as well as to make our family havea higher liv ing standard. Then his favorite hobby is just sitting on the sofa and watching football games on TV, which could make him forget all the difficulties and trouble from the work. As can be seen from my father's example, various entertained programs are not only prerequisites of hard working, but also a favorable method of relaxation for a vast amount of people. - Z# n6 T2 P4 s3 \  _) S0 v From another perspective, entertainment is to our life what spice is a good meal(这个语法有问题）. Since watching enjoyable programs on television has become a widely way of entertaining, people cannot bear the tedious life without the interesting enjoyable spots（我觉得在这里spot用错了）. Just imagine that if televisions are only educative, few entertain, they will lose numerous audience according to that（可以去掉that) those people's disposition has been dampened. After careful analysis, we can conclude that the policy will lead to serious consequence. On the one hand, the audience rating will be decreased and thus would seriously affect the TV site employees' income. (为什么收视率会影响电视工作者的收入呢？）On the other hand, people would explore other ways to satisfy their curiosity and fulfill their spare time. It follows that studentｓ may be addicted to some unhealthy websites, which adversely affect their study. More Worsen(worsen是动词阿童鞋), some people may begin to gamble in order to enjoy themselves. The primary purpose of the policy is to modulate people's personality, whereas the possible consequences are not as perfect as we imagine.$ c" v7 ?3 T; Q9 l: _* o- {" l! Y * _! N. ~1 e% T" a+ F4 ?% L9 h As the saying goes, all work and no play make Jack a dull boy. Admittedly, every nation should place a high value on education. However, we cannot acquire knowledge all the time, and only after a thorough rest and entertainment, can we (不知道是我的理解不正确还是搂主用错了，2次出现了can在前面的情况，如果是我理解错了欢迎指正)have a desire to learn and gain knowledge. Therefore, television should be both educative and entertained. 总结：第2个论证很牵强。观点分散，学生上不良网站，人们去赌博不能归咎于电视节目无聊的影响吧？如果电视节目内容引导人民去上不良网站去赌博那还说得过去，但是如果是电视节目无聊导致的观点感觉很ill-grounded呀。。 其他的我觉得没有什么问题。。继续加油！

slimhUID: 2438517

补充一句：spot的用法：Spots are small, round, coloured areas on a surface.
常用法：a guest/solo spot　指part of show

小心littleheartUID: 2726034

2.16作业，写的是2.15的题，觉得这个题目很生~~所以很想练习一下，昨天没来得及啊~~呵呵~~麻烦改作文的同学了~~我也会仔细研究下今天的题目， 然后认真为你们改的~~~O(∩_∩)O~~

2.15 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Visiting museums is the best way to learn about a country.
划横线的是我觉得用的不恰当，又不知道怎么改的~~请赐教~
People seldom agree with each other in such a controversial issue-whether visiting museums is the best way to learn about a country. Some may argue that museums contain a vast majority of historical lefts and famous artificial which could well reflect a country. However, I can hardly agree with the opinion owing to the following reasons.

Admittedly, museums show us a large amount of paintings, valuable relics in hundreds and thousands years ago. Thus we could learn a lot about the country' culture and custom through visiting its museum. People always treat museums as holy places because they include our ancestors' intelligence for centuries and expose the distinguished commodities to the outside world.

Although there are a chunk of knowledge and many aspects of custom about a country contained in a museum, we cannot say that museum could tell us all aspects of a certain country. Museum could only reflect a small part of a country, such as history, particular custom, culture and allied knowledge. If we desire to thoroughly learn about a country, we should not only know the knowledge I mentioned above, but also realize the highly-developed technology the fashionable trend among the country. Accordingly, we could make a trip to those national famous cities where contain the main custom and new technology in the country. For instance, in China, Shanghai is regarded as the economically boomed area, which could well reflect the Chinese' living-standard after a great depression. And those phenomena cannot seen in any museums.

From another perspective, as is known to all, what museums mainly demonstrate are old things,
including old paintings, old pots and some sculptures, which could merely allow us to realize the past rather than the present. Obviously, there are great differences between the society in the past and that in the present. If we only know the past centuries ago, we can hardly have a wide knowledge about how people live
nowadays. Once a friend of mine told me that he visited Canada museum in Toronto and actually saw many masterpieces about the nation, but he still didn't understand Canadians’ eating habits and their favorite sports etc. As can be seen from the example, museum gives us a lot about a country's pride which could not present the whole country.

By and large, based on what I mentioned above, I personally hold the belief that a travel to museum is not the best way to learn about a country.

刀小镜UID: 2618532

People seldom agree with each other in such a controversial issue-whether visiting museums is the best way to learn about a country. Some may argue that museums contain a vast majority of historical lefts and famous artificial which could well reflect a country. However, I can hardly agree with the opinion owing to the following reasons.

Admittedly, museums show us a large amount of paintings, valuable relics in hundreds and thousands years ago. Thus we could learn a lot about the country' culture and custom through visiting its museum. People always treat museums as holy places because they include our ancestors' intelligence for centuries and expose the distinguished commodities to the outside world.


Although there are a chunk of (还是换个词组吧)knowledge and many aspects of custom about a country contained in a museum, we cannot say that museum could tell us all aspects of a certain country. Museum could only reflect a small part of a country, such as history, particular custom, culture and allied knowledge. If we desire to thoroughly learn about a country, we should not only know the knowledge I mentioned above, but also realize the highly-developed technology the fashionable trend among the country. Accordingly, we could make a trip to those national famous cities where contain the main custom and new technology in the country. For instance, in China, Shanghai is regarded as the economically boomed area, which could well reflect the Chinese' living-standard after a great depression. And those phenomena cannot (be) seen in any museums.


From another perspective, as is known to all, what museums mainly demonstrate（这个单词我只查出动词意了
如果只有动词意思那这句话就不对了） are old things, including old paintings, old pots and some sculptures, which could merely allow us to realize the past rather than the present. Obviously, there are great differences between the society in the past and that in（去掉that in） the present. If we only know the past centuries ago, we can hardly have a wide knowledge about how people live nowadays. Once a friend of mine told me that he visited Canada museum in Toronto and actually saw many masterpieces about the nation, but he still didn't understand Canadians’ eating habits and their favorite sports etc. As can be seen from the example, museum gives us a lot about a country's pride which could not present the whole country.

By and large, based on what I mentioned above, I personally hold the belief that a travel to museum is not the best way to learn about a country.


感觉两段的证明有一些是重叠的 最好在措辞方面细分一下比较好 否则看上去都是再说“博物馆展出的只是一方面”这个观点
从姑娘这学走一些好单词^^

小心littleheartUID: 2726034

2.18 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Letting a friend make a mistake is better than saying or doing something that may destroy your friendship.
People usually treat friendship as a crucial part of their life. So when our friends make mistakes, it is a difficult choice for us whether we should tell him/her the fact or not. Some may insist that it could destroy the relationship between friends if pointing out friends' errors. However, I hold the belief that a truly friend is loyalty person who will support you when you are in a right direction, but is also willing to indicate and help you when you are wrong.  
Admittedly, there is no denying the fact that it is not a funny thing to correct a mistake and nobody desires their own mistakes pointed out by others. Whereas, it is the best way to improve our ability that recognize and correct our mistakes. Due to that a truly friend hopes you will become better and better, whether in aspects of personality or mental development, they, without a doubt, will point out your mistake. No matter how serious a mistake you have made, a stranger will not care about, while instead your parents and your good friend will be worried about you and even try their best to provide you some solution just because they love you. After careful analyses, you will not angry about friends but show appreciation to them. Then in my opinion, after such matters, it will not only never destroy the friendship, but also gain the relationship between you.  
Furthermore, in some special circumstance, to tell a friend that he/she is wrong is likely to reveal the drawbacks of a person, which makes him/her feel embarrassed or lose face. When confronting such cases, we should take proper measures to avoid such consequence. For example, we could not criticize our friends in front of others, but tell him/her our thought when there are no one around except for us two. Take my friend Danny as an example, Danny is one of my best friends. A few days ago, she told me that she broke up with another girl Jane just for a little affair that once Jane laughed at her newly-unsuccessful hair-style in the face of the public. This matter greatly annoyed Danny and it follows that they could no longer be friends. As can be seen from the example, it is important to choose a right method when you want to attention your friends something you feel incorrect.

By and large, based on I mentioned above, a truly friend have the responsibility to remind you of mistakes and eager to give you some guidance. A good friend is not a person who merely praise you everything but a person who tells you the truth.

小心littleheartUID: 2726034

一个小时~！
2.19 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more important for a teacher to help students gain self-confidence than to teach them specific knowledge?
When asked me about which is more important for a student, self-confidence or specific knowledge, I will definitely choose the former one. And in my point of view, when giving specific knowledge, at the same time teachers should place a high value on gaining students' self-confidence for it encourage students' both personality and mental development.
Admittedly, knowledge is not only a prerequisite for students' further study, but also a crucial part for their further work. From primary to college, it is acknowledged that the basic task of teachers is to teach their students' related knowledge. However, we easily ignore another more important responsibility of a teacher, which is to help students build self-confidence. Self-confidence contributes to physical health and mental health, whether you want to be a doctor or just be a blue-collar. Take a common thing for example, if a student made a mistake or failed at a certain subject, at the moment what he desired most is encouragement and a next chance, but his teacher was merely angry about him and say some bad words to him. Wow, those words may deeply hurt the boy and then he may have no confidence for himself, what' s more, from then on, his self-esteem was greatly dampened. It follows that the poor boy may become isolated from his classmate. As can be seen from the consequence, lack of self-confidence may lead to serious consequence to a person.

From another perspective, students, especially primary and high-school students, are immature to shape their own sense of value and build strong ability of enduring burden. They need adults, such as respected teachers and beloved parents, to give them a right direction. According to a recent survey conducted by a group of experts, the best stage of building one's confidence is the students' age, which benefits a student's whole life. The survey also shows that students with more encouragement and praise are more competitive in the further career than those without. This is not hard to think about, only when you gain self-confidence, can you have the confidence and courage to overcome the coming difficulties and try your best to achieve your goal. On the other hand, when your further job has little relation with what you have learnt in the school, you will gradually forget the ever acquired specific knowledge because they are useless now, whereas the self-confidence will contributes to your success all long.

By and large, base on what I mentioned above, I personally holds that gaining confidence is more important than acquiring specific knowledge for students and thus teachers are supposed to think carefully about how to help students build confidence.