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发表于 2003-8-16 19:52:25 |只看该作者 |倒序浏览

128"It is often asserted that the purpose of education is to free the mind and the spirit. In reality, however, formal education tends to restrain our minds and spirits rather than set them free."

I fundamentally agree with the speaker on the assertion that the purpose of education is to free the mind and the spirit, and that some formal education tends to restrain our minds and spirits rather than set them free. Nevertheless, the school education should not oversimplify other purposes such as the thinking abilities and the working skills except for setting free the mind and the spirit.

Admittedly, today's formal educations attempts to restrain students' minds and spirits rather than set them free. Theoretically, teachers should take the responsibility for teaching students as all-round ones who not only possess the abundant book knowledge but also have healthy minds, active spirits and other skills. Unfortunately, many teachers are lack of this commitment because of the outdated educational system that advocates the mere learning, along with their individual inertia. Hence what they do is to unceasingly present the book knowledge on the blackboard and stuff students' minds and brains with the dead facts. This is why the educational system is often regarded as the ivory tower that many students are only schooled as bookworms. This is also why the officials of job market complain that many graduates are unqualified for their employing positions. From these scenarios, we should not go very further to see that there is an urgent need for teachers to change their teaching methods and for governmental officials to reform the extant educational system.

Then it comes to a question, what are the responsibilities of the teachers and schools? Of course, imparting book knowledge is one of the necessary tasks, however, they should not neglect the role played by cultivation of minds and spirits in students’ development. To realize this goal, schools should firstly establish some courses, such as the debating meetings, and creating and designing games, and so on, to open up their minds and motivate spirits. As for teachers, they should often spirit up them, for instance, telling some stories and anecdotes concerning the national heroes, the elites and the personalities who possess impressive and persistent characteristics and sublime morality. They can teach students to be honesty by relating how Lincoln walked 3 miles to return 6 cents; they can instruct them to be persistent and bravery by telling them the character expressed by Washington during Revolution and Jefferson during War of the Dependence. Otherwise, to train their field survival abilities and the practicing strategies can also help students enrich their minds and inspire their spirits.

Will only doing the above things can schools automatically "produce" all-round and informed students? Definitely not. What they should also highlight is the thinking abilities and the working skills. The former helps students develop incisive and critical thinking abilities which help them think deeply the problems they confront and life meanings and prepare for their future; and the latter warrants them become qualified workers and experts for today's changeable society which require various survival skills. Only when these skills are also imparted to students can they develop adequate ones who possess healthy psychological state and deep expertise.

Overall, although freeing students' minds and spirits is imperative, imparting them the book knowledge and cultivating their thinking skills and survival abilities are of tantamount importance. Only when both teachers and schools take on the accountability for educating students these faculties can they become the strong pillars for society.

Never,never,never,never give up !!