TOPIC: ISSUE52 - "Education encourages students to question and criticize, and therefore does little to promote social harmony."
In this issue, the speaker contends that education does little to promote social harmony because it encourages students to question and criticize. This assertion is convincing on several grounds, but through futher reflection, I could hardly agree with the speaker.
As we can see from history that when students are not satisfied with the current policy and strategy of their government, they would always arrange strikes and parade in order to show their protest.Take the tragedy of Chinese students' strike in Tian'anmen Square in 1989 for example, University students questioned and criticized the politics and showed their dissatisfaction.The students are in their most energetic age and will always do things on a sudden impulse, without fully consideration of the result of their action, which will always lead to social disharmony.Their impulsive action didn't solve the problem but add new problem to the society.
But take a second glance at this issue.Is it true that when students stop thinking thus stop question and criticize, can the society keeps its harmony? Absolutely not.There exists many irrationally things in the society that without people's question and criticism our society can make no progress in these issues. Students are the future master of our society that they should learn how to think and criticize so when they have power, the can change the world into a more harmonic one.
If the female students were not encouraged to question the social discrimination on women, then women should still be suffering from inequality treatment from men.If the African American students were not encouraged to question the social discrimination on their colour of skin, then African Americans should still be treated as slaveries in America.If the students were not encouraged to question the strategy that we sacrificed our living environment to promote economic growth, then no change will be make and we will carry on to damage the earth.
By question and criticize why the people in developing countries still live in poverty and some of them may even starve to death can the students help give ways to wipe away poverty in the world. By students' question and criticize the unsafe use of nuclear energy can the future leaders of those countries who have nuclear weapons be aware the potential danger of nuclear experiments.
There are many disharmonies on our living planet regardless of anyone's question and criticism.What we should do is to clear up these disharmonies. By encouraging our students and future generations to question and criticize current cause to these disharmonies thus give solutions to these problems is a good way to promote social harmony.By question and criticize the current policy of loan, can they find out good ways to prevent financial crisis.
In sum, our education must encourage the students to question and criticize the current existing problems in our society thus come up with solutions, but on the other hand, our education should also teach the students how to enhance the harmony of our society by not to behave impulsively and extremely.