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发表于 2014-9-17 17:15:25
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? it is more important for universities to spend money on facilities such as libraries and laboratories than hiring famous teachers.
Some students have the myth of being taught by famous teacher will elevate their study. I strongly disagree with this myth, and I believe that instead of wasting lots of money to hire famous teacher, universities should put this cost on facilities such as libraries or laboratories. Teacher is important, they can help student to study and help they answer complicated questions, however, hiring famous teacher is not necessary.
First, universities have limit budget, and the choice of hiring famous teachers is way higher and wasteful than providing resources to students. From an efficient perspective, spending money on purchase new books or equipment is usable for many years and by many different students, but hiring famous teacher is a one-time deal. In university, a famous teacher only teach one or two classes a semester, but the university has to pay the salary, money for research room, health insurance and retirement fee. The amount of students that famous teacher could approach is so few that this may not be worth for this expense.
Second, in university, students need to study independently, instead of leading by teachers. University has a great difference from senior high schools that student should pursue what area or subject they like and interiorized to their own theory rather than accepting all the handed details or arguments. Therefore, students require correspondingly resource to help they pursue and accomplish their own independent study. For example, I did a research in my senior year, studying how the relationship between companies affects the social welfare policy. There are few teachers had done research of this issue, so I rely on library for information. Also I got a fund from our department for focus group interview. With this financial help, I would had not fulfill my research.
Finally, students are in their key moment of life journey in the period of studying in universities, and they need to have the resources and opportunities to find out whom they are and whom they want to be. Usually, people go to university around 18-23, and any decision made in this age period has great influence for their life, for example, what kind of job, getting married and start their own business. And these advices may not be provided by famous teachers, who usually famous due to their spectacular research or projects. Instead, through independent study, reading and doing research, it’ll lead them to find out the directions.
In conclusion, the cost of hiring famous teachers is too high and the influence is limited, but the expense on facilities could provide students to do independent study which would help them to start their own research and find out what they want to be through the process. With all these advantages, I believe that universities should spent more money on facilities rather on hiring famous teachers.
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