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First assignment
  

128.

Formal education might restrain our minds and spirits on the surface, but it will serve to the freedom of our mind and spirit in the long run.

    Formal education emphasize the learning of basic skill, methodology and knowledge, which might be mechanical and dull.

    However, this basic training is a necessary foundation, based on which we can freely imagine and create

    Admittedly, there exist many aspects in formal education that need reforming.

    (source: GRE writing strategies page435 )



102.

Through the process of education, not only the purely foundation of knowledge is fed into the person's brain, but also the values and beliefs held by the educator are delivered to educatee purposedly or unpurposedly


    The basic skills, knowledge, which is the foundation of wisdom on which we can place our imagination,     certainly forms a vital important part of the education.

    However, nowadays researcher on the education emphasizing more and more on crucial roles of the revision of the values and beliefs education is playing with

    In summary, for better or worse, the revision of the ideas, beliefs, and values the educatee held cannot be avoided.



92.


For an self-unsatisfied researcher, the acquirement of new theory and facts weights equivalent to the acknowledgement of the limits of our knowledge.

    Although our main purpose in working on the research area is to discover the facts and information, it is also important for us to keep ourselves modest.

    However we should not be hesitate to move forward when facing the boundless unknown world.



104.

The speaker asserts that the formal education plays the major role in a culture shaping the values and ideas of its people.In my own positive, the speaker overestimate the effects of education in altering peoples belief. And also, the he is not aware the main purpose of education.

    I accept that education is important in people's forming their idea of this universe when they are young.

    However, most of the school now, although providing the orthodox ideas to the students, are more focusing on nurturing the skills of criticism and skepticism as well as afford the students the capacity of understanding opposing viewpoint.

    Actually, education is no longer the major method for the society to perpetuate or discredit the ideas. Making the laws to regulate them directly or press the main stream media indirectly are ways more suitable for the job.

    (Source:  GRE writing strategies page386 )




233.

The speaker asserts since education is primarily a personal matter, the schools and colleges have little things to do with it.

    Education is not a personal matter. The knowledge and skills learned must be practiced in the society for them to be useful. Further more, the education of a single person involves the benefit and interest of the whole society.

    Living in the days of information explosion, it is really hard for somebody to educate him/herself without the systematically involvement of the colleges and schools.

    (source: GRE writing strategies page457)

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Second assignment




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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."

The speaker asserts that certain skepticism is beneficial to study. I agree the the statement since I believe one of our purpose of education is to give the student the ability to live and think independently. However, they still should be aware of not to be skeptical about anything their are taught blindly.

The first reason for my agreement of the assertion is that skepticism can contribute to the ability of the the students to think independently. Although memerizing the knowledge is very important in the learning process, we are not cultivating the information containers. To learn how to use the information is our object of education.

The second reason for my aggrement lies in that  being skeptical can help students manage learning  more efficiently. Memorizing anything passively is not a good idea. Boring as it is, passive memorization reduce the enthusiasm of both student and teachers. However, learning can be a process full of creativity and passion if the student desire to find solutions themselves.

The third reason for my agreement is that it is the skepticism that drive our society forward.

However, as the knowledge base for the student is not that firm and the logical and theoretical thinking of them are not very mature. Being skeptical about everything they have learning will only lead to confusion and waste their time.

reference:https://bbs.gter.net/viewthread.php?tid=1059885&





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"People who pursue their own intellectual interests for purely personal reasons are more likely to benefit the rest of the world than are people who try to act for the public good."


The speaker insist that the benefits of the world are more likely coming from people who pursue their own intelectual for purely personal reasons that those who try to act for public good. I agree with the statement in the sense that personal interest and the public good are in a complementary relationship, although sometime the selfishness of a person may do harm to the society.

Firstly, people act for their own personal interest would make use of the entire of the intellectual abilities for themselves. The motivation for them to make the effort is the welfare of themselves which is far more powerfull than acting for the public good. However, it is only natural that the fruit of their hard working would benifit the whold world.

Secondly, although the people acting for the public good are more respectable,
what they could do is mere from the support of the individual people who pursuit their own well-beings.

However, seeking for personal interest blindly without considering the need of the others will not only do harm to the society but also damage one's own career.

In conclusion, the welfare of the society could be improved if we pursuit our personal interest properly. Afterall, they are integrated. But we also need the those whose are devoted to the public good.


Reference: https://bbs.gter.net/viewthread.php?tid=863517&;

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我的看法：
153
"Students should bring a certain skepticism to whatever they study. They should question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively."

The speaker asserts that certain skepticism is beneficial to study. I agree the the statement since I believe one of our purpose of education is to give the student the ability to live and think independently. However, they still should be aware of not to be skeptical about anything their are taught blindly.

The first reason for my agreement of the assertion is that skepticism can contribute to the ability of the students to think independently. Although memerizing the knowledge is very important in the learning process, we are not cultivating the information containers. To learn how to use the information is our object of education. （感觉对第一句中提到的论点的论证有点不是很有力。我们要讨论的是怀疑的精神，你提到怀疑精神可以……，然后我们不需要information container, 接着又提出来object of education 使如何运用知识，似乎扣的不紧密。）

The second reason for my aggrement lies in that  being skeptical can help students manage learning  more efficiently. Memorizing anything passively is not a good idea. Boring as it is, passive memorization reduce the enthusiasm of both student and teachers. However, learning can be a process full of creativity and passion if the student desire to find solutions themselves. （这里感觉有点偷换概念，本来讨论的是skepticism, 在这里似乎变成了探索能力。）

The third reason for my agreement is that it is the skepticism that drive our society forward.（我很喜欢这一点）

However, as the knowledge base for the student is not that firm and the logical and theoretical thinking of them are not very mature. Being skeptical about everything they have learning will only lead to confusion and waste their time.（很喜欢这个观点）


我的其他一些观点：
1.       1. 学习过程中需要怀疑精神的原因是：前人的理论未必总是有效的，随着科学发展，很多地方需要修正。敢于怀疑是开创新理论的必要条件。同时，老师自己在理解知识传授知识的过程中也会出现错误，毕竟人无完人。这些原因也使得怀疑精神在学习过程中很重要。
2.       2. 不能什么都怀疑，除了学生本身的能力问题之外，教育中的知识、理念等往往都是前人创立的，继承前人的知识等非常重要。这些知识往往是发现新的理念、知识的前提和基础。
3.       3. 引申：怀疑的精神需要有限制，不能什么都怀疑，不能不经过思考就怀疑，需要建立在对问题进行更深入的探索的基础上进行怀疑，否则会是这种怀疑精神反而会带来坏处。





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"People who pursue their own intellectual interests for purely personal reasons are more likely to benefit the rest of the world than are people who try to act for the public good."


The speaker insist that the benefits of the world are more likely coming from people who pursue their own intelectual for purely personal reasons that those who try to act for public good. I agree with the statement in the sense that personal interest and the public good are in a complementary relationship, although sometime the selfishness of a person may do harm to the society.

Firstly, people act for their own personal interest would make use of the entire of the intellectual abilities for themselves. The motivation for them to make the effort is the welfare of themselves which is far more powerfull than acting for the public good（反驳：为什么会more powerful呢？那些为大众谋福利的人心怀大众，他们的动机也可以很强烈，比如鲁迅，为了大众而放弃自己的医学，从事文学。）. However, it is only natural that the fruit of their hard working would benifit the whold world.

Secondly, although the people acting for the public good are more respectable,
what they could do is mere from the support of the individual people who pursuit their own well-beings.

However, seeking for personal interest blindly without considering the need of the others will not only do harm to the society but also damage one's own career.（不一定需要考虑他人的需求，但是一定要在法律道德尊则内去追求自己的兴趣）

In conclusion, the welfare of the society could be improved if we pursuit our personal interest properly. Afterall, they are integrated. But we also need the those whose are devoted to the public good.


我的其他观点：
1.       1. 应该做出让步承认为社会福利而努力的人也可能做出很大的贡献。就像鲁迅等时期的一批人，但是更多时候，为追求个人的兴趣知识的人做出的贡献更大一些。
2.       2. People who pursue their own intellectual interests for purely personal reasons 并不是和the wish to act for the public good是独立开来的。可以寻找一种更好的方式让他们结合在一起，对社会福利可以做出更大的贡献。

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