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发表于 2010-2-22 00:10:51
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本帖最后由 wu-intrepid 于 2010-2-22 12:49 编辑
TOPIC: ARGUMENT169 - The following appeared in a letter from a department chairperson to the president of Pierce University.
"Some studies conducted by Bronston College, which is also located in a small town, reveal that both male and female professors are happier living in small towns when their spouses are also employed in the same geographic area. Therefore, in the interest of attracting the most gifted teachers and researchers to our faculty and improving the morale of our entire staff, we at Pierce University should offer employment to the spouse of each new faculty member we hire. Although we cannot expect all offers to be accepted or to be viewed as an ideal job offer, the money
invested in this effort will clearly be well spent because, if their spouses have a chance of employment, new professors will be more likely to accept our offers."
In arguer's opinion, Pierce University should offer employment to the spouse of each new faculty in order to increase the most gifted teachers and enhance the morale of entire staff. Though this method is effective in some degree, it is not a proper project, for its fair high expense and the low potency.
First, the research reveals that the professors would like to live in small towns, if their spouses have a job in the same town. We can infer that the spouse getting jobs are the one of the conditions that professors will teach in small town. While the research does not tell us that it is the only one factor that influence the professors' choices of schools. In general, when choosing a school, the professor considers teaching equipments, the level of income, and the academic ambiance and so on. The research does not provide what effects the decision of professors most. Supposing Pierce University with poor teaching devices, which a most gifted professor consider to be the essential, then even providing his wife an appropriate employment, he may tend to other university with advanced equipment. Therefore, not compared with other factors, the validity of offering jobs to mates of teachers is hard to identify.
Second, even this means is actually valid, there is no need to offer employment to spouse of each faculty member.Since the intention is to attract the most talent professors, as long as apply the method to these ones instead all. Further, if the university put this means into practice, may even not increase teachers’ initiative, rather hurt that of some teachers. For examples, two teachers’ wives get jobs by this university’s effort, and the one’s job is better than that of the other. In this case, the teacher, whose wife getting worse job, may complaint the unfair of this school and consider himself not be appreciated. However, the different standard of offered jobs is unavoidable. In actual, to enhance the positivity of the staff, the university can take some other solutions to increase teachers’ sense of duty and belonging. Such as holding activities of student-teacher interaction, communicating with teachers more often to know their need and troubles.
In addition, this method may cause finance difficulty. Because the university would pay great amount money to aid the teachers’partners getting jobs. Lack of money, the university would decrease the expense of researching and equipment, even the wages of teachers, which may lead to some possessed learned teachers, leave to pursue the better conditions or higher wages. Thus, the method may make the university lose the capable teachers actually.
In conclusion, the arguer does not provide the sufficient evidence to prove the advantages of offering employment to teachers’ partners. On if taking other factors into consideration, such as the teaching equipment, academic atmosphere, and the finance capability, the arguer can make a compelling conclusion. . |
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