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发表于 2004-1-25 16:53:39
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终于写上500words了,不过没限时,呵呵! :o
[B]Issue130 教育
"How children are socialized today determines the destiny of society. Unfortunately, we have not yet learned how to raise children who can help bring about a better society."[/B]
As a famous saying goes "children are the future of a country", children are very important to the development of society. But can we say that "how children are socialized today determines the destiny of society"? Of course not. Human society is complicated and full of unpredicted changes. Not a single factor can affect the destiny of it. Besides, even assuming that people have known what to teach their children, I think they have not find the most proper way of doing so.
First of all, human society is intricate as an ecosystem. In an ecosystem, there must be producers, consumers, decomposers, sunshine and environment, of whom no one can decide the destiny of this ecosystem exclusively. In the symbiotic system, lack of any link in the chain can destroy the totality. Similarly, the destiny of human society cannot be put on the shoulders of children. Groups of every age have their significant repercussions. Even we can say that adults are more able to determine the future of society. For example, in a war, kids do not have abilities to fight against lethal weapons or even protect themselves. It is the adult soldiers that decide kids' lives and the result of the war, which determines the destiny of countries involved in the war. In a word, the complexity of human society makes that there is not a single generation which is able to control the future completely.
Secondly, up to the present, our society has highly civilized and socialized. People do find various advantageous abilities and superior characters for children to acquire and form, such as individuality, honesty, confidence, optimism, cooperation ability. Individuality enables children think creatively and innovatively and honesty is the basic rule for living in this world. Moreover, confidence and optimism prevent them from being misleaded by incorrect opinions and overwhelmed by difficulties and frustrations. Also, no one could survive in a competitive world by himself. Accordingly children should learn to cooperate with others. These abilities and characters are beneficial to them for all their lives. Besides these basic characters and abilities, some fundamental knowledge on science, arts, culture, history, and many other things are ought to be studied by children, as we all know.
Unfortunately, adults have not yet got the most effective and successful methods to raise children, that is, to impart these abilities and characters to them. For example, in some developing countries, especially in Asia, heavy homework and strict exams occupy whole daily lives of students, who do not have spare time to join any sports or advantageous games practicing their leadership, coordinating and cooperation ability and so on. As a result, children live there miss many chances to develop their own individualities or interests which makes them less useful in their later lives. In USA, the situation is better, but there are still serious problems such as cohabitations, drugs, campus shooting and etc. Until we find a widely accepted and successful way of raising our children, we cannot settle these problems.
In sum, how children are socialized cannot decide the destiny of society alone. It is dominated by everyone of us. Children is very important to our society and we should consider more about how to raise them. |
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