ISSUE34 第三段算不算跑题呀！

ZHGsunnyUID: 185312

Instead of requiring students to take courses in a variety of disciplines-that is, courses ranging from the arts and the humanities to the physical and biological sciences-colleges and universities should allow students to enroll only in those courses that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields. Such concentration is necessary in today's increasingly work-oriented society.
与其要求学生们选修各种各样的学科-从艺术和人文科学到物理和生物学科-大学还不如允许学生们仅仅去选择那些有助于他们今后工作的学科。这种集中在当今这个工作至上的社会是必要的。

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Should colleges and universities require students to take courses in a variety of disciplines, or allow students to enroll only in those courses that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields? The speaker recommends the later, for the reason that today is an increasingly work-oriented society. However, this is a one -sided claim. Were it put into effect, not only the education itself but also the whole society would suffer a severe devastation.

First of all, the main educational purpose of colleges and universities is not to cultivate working machines for society but to nurture the comprehensive capacity of students; is not to educate students how to do but to instruct them how to think. Just for this reason a variety of disciplines-that is, courses ranging from the arts and the humanities to the physical and biological sciences was required. For example, the studying of mathematics trains students' logic thinking, and makes students possessing more precise thought; the courses about moral will contribute to the well-development of students' personality; and psychology teaches students how to face success and failure with correct attitude. Therefore, the non-work-oriented courses are equally important, comparing with the work-oriented course, colleges and universities are the place for popularizing basic knowledge, which are the basis for further learning when students enter society.

While today is an increasingly work-oriented society, professional knowledge are not the only factor the employer concerned when they choose employees. If students' words and deeds are impolite, rich knowledge in their chosen fields do not certainly guarantee that he will be employed, considering good manner is a fundamental character which should be owned as humanity. Similarly, if students well prepared for jobs do not know to how to cooperate with others, unemployed tragedies also cannot be prevented. In addition, students, who is knowledgeable but do not have healthy psychology, would not obtain great achievements. Because students like that tend to lose confidences or tend to be depressed, when they encountered failure; on the contrary, tend to lose orientation when they are in success. All of these indicate that a variety of courses required in colleges and universities are necessary.

Of course, completely overlooking students' major studying, is also unwise. Unless students can find a job and put their knowledge learned from colleges and universities into practices and do some goods to society, colleges and universities cannot realize their responsibility to cultivate well qualified talented persons for society and finally stimulate the progress of the whole society.

To sum up, the speaker's conclusion is unreasonable and harmful. I agree with the speaker insofar as the courses that will help prepare students for jobs in their chosen fields are important. However, the speaker overlooks the importance of other courses, which are equally significant for students.

ZHGsunnyUID: 185312

我的第四篇issue, 自己感觉很糟糕。怀疑正文第二段是不是跑题了？正文第三段自己也感觉没有展开，可是读了数遍就是不知道该怎么改！大家给提点意见!!!

flyappleUID: 154698

你的文章是不是也是从教育的目的，以及未来职业的要求来展开论述的呢？

首先个人认为你的正文第二段并没有跑题，我觉得教育目的要求培养有知识，有思想，全面的，如你所说的comprehensive capacity 的人才。而针对职业设计的单方面课程是不能达到这种目的的。比如，德育课程的缺乏，会使学生价值观扭曲，一个高智商但没有社会道德观的学生是可怕的，是社会的威胁。再如，人文课程的匮乏，会让不少学生看不到自己作为一个公民的社会责任感。这些课程并不属于学生自己的专业领域，但对于教育目标的实现必不可少。

第二段不跑题，再论证深入一些更好。你的第二段“for example以后的东西"我觉得这个放在你的第三段论证中比较好，和第三段的一些职业要求的内容还是比较呼应的。

呵呵，我是按照我的思路讲的，胡言乱语一番，见笑了。至于你的语言方面，因为我的水平不是太高，所以这方面不敢妄言，但是你的思路我是比较支持的。

ZHGsunnyUID: 185312

多谢，受益非浅，以后多多交流呦，与ETS斗争到底！