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发表于 2010-6-23 09:02:34
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本帖最后由 chrysoidine 于 2010-6-23 11:08 编辑
6.22 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The best way to improve the quality of education in a country is to increase teachers' salaries.
Outline:
Yes;
1, teacher could concentrate on teaching with more money;
2, gain more respect, less bribe from the parents;
3, only for money without good moral.
Summary: strict selection.
Recently, I read an article with the title of Lessons From Locke. In this piece of writing, the author tells stories and his analysis about the teaching experience in Locke High School which is part of the TFA (Teach For America) program. He points out that the low quality of fundamental education today is mainly attributed to the informal selection for teachers and the unprofessional teaching faculty, and behind all of these is the weak finacial support from government and society, which directly leads to low wages for teaching staff and then the elite are not willing to devote themselves to education. Thus, I believe the best way to improve the quality of education in a country is to increase the educational budget and the teachers' salaries.
First of all, only when there is suffcient money as their salaries, the excellent people could be attracted by these teaching positions. As we all know, people work for their pays at this period of time, for the income needs to suffice for their daily living, such as eating, housing and transporting. Without all these material stuffs, they will not concentrate on their job and then succeed in their careers. Accordingly, most of the smart people are not likely to choose low-paying jobs. For instance, Wall Street and Silicon Valley have hired most of talents for their high salary policies, and it is also the reason why so many people learn Economy and Engineering nowadays. On the other hand, the normal colleges usually could hardly enroll enough students.
Besides, high salaries for teachers will eliminate the phenomena of bribing in school. We could not neglect the corruptions happening in the schoolyards. Students with poor performances are anxious to gain high grades to satisfy their parents, and parents are also worried the ill records will bring their children troubles and disadvantages. As a result, bribing the teacher comes out under such a circumstance. Teachers with high salaries are not likely to be attracted by the indecent behaviors, while the needy ones may not be able to refuse such temptations. For example, once there was a case talking about a teacher accepting bribes and taking exams for her students, and then she was arrested for her immoral behaviors. It is a miserable story, but it emphasizes the importance of high salaries for teachers.
Nonetheless, it is important to notice that raising the salaries of teachers is the best way but not the only way. Building more professional normal schools and establishing complete regulations are also pathes to improve the education systems. Furthermore, the recruiting mechanism should also be stricter in case of hiring those greedy ones.
To conclude what I mentioned above, we should increase teachers' salaries to improve the education, for it is the best way to make teachers free of worries for money and embarrassments of taking bribes. |
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