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TOPIC: ISSUE5 - "A nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college rather than allow schools in different parts of the nation to determine which academic courses to offer."
WORDS: 511          TIME: 0:59:17          DATE: 2007-4-3

The speaker asserts that a nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college rather than allow schools in different parts of the nation to determine which academic courses to offer.  Admittedly, education with a same curriculum nationwide would have its merits. However, concerning that different states or regions have more or less different culture, religion, and customs, I regard that a education system with different schools having their common feature and also their special characters as a welcomed one.

Admittedly, the benefits brought about by the same national curriculum should not be overlooked. Firstly, this education with the same curriculum will greatly reduce the task assumed by education department. Without exceptions needed to be taken into account, what the education department needs to do is to make up the same curriculum first and then carry out it. Secondly, the same curriculum somewhat embodies the equity towards its students. As human beings are born equal, they have the equal rights, thus students should have the equal right towards learning. In the term of studying the same curriculum, they are equipped the same knowledge, which is of great help for them to find jobs and live on. If same places provide their students overall basic knowledge including arts subject somewhat (which is useful for them to earn money easily), science (which can help develop their intellectual ability), and engineering course (which is practical for their living), while some other places only supply one kind of basic knowledge, such as arts subject, this education is no way impartial, and fails to fulfill its duty. And when they graduate, those who undergo the overall education would have more possibilities to do further study than those whose education is partial. Accordingly, a same curriculum would be an impartial one towards students.

However, students living in different places are influenced by their regional culture, religion, and customs, which are their treasure left by their ancestors. One country has its accountability to preserve these historic presents not to desert them. Thus, the education system, who burdens to educate the will-be builders of its society, out of question, has its merits and responsibilities to promote this project. Take Race Dai, a Chinese race mainly living in YunNan province, for example. Race Dai people are famous in China for their special feature of being good at singing and dance. In order to preserve their customs, Chinese government demands that the students of Race Dai should study sing and dance at schools. Again, there are some regions which have their dialects, which stand for their unique cultures. Concerning the value of these languages, the education system should give schools' priority to set up special subjects for students there to study these languages. Only in this way, can cultures, religions, and customs of different places be passed down from one generation to another generation.

In conclusion, sound curriculum designation should not only meet students' equal right to enjoy the same education, but also administer to their different needs-which seem paradoxical, yet, are actually not.