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题目:ISSUE 99 - "In any realm of life-whether academic, social, business, or political-the only way to succeed is to take a practical, rather than an idealistic, point of view. Pragmatic behavior guarantees survival, whereas idealistic views tend to be superseded by simpler, more immediate options."
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I agree with the statement in that pragmatic behavior guarantees survival because only pragmatic behavior could solve the immediate problems but I believe that holding idealistic views is also very important because it is the original power to pursue goals.
Practical behavior is crucial to the society because productive workers creative the value of society and determine the destiny of society. In the materialized times, everything in relevant of value means too much: the cost of time, money, effort and so on, the need for which is especially severe. So the whole society calls for pragmatic people to make immediate profit. Without socialized people, for instance, steps of academic research would be held back because academic researchers want to realize their subject by dreaming instead of experiments and investigations. If practical people of all realms of life stop working, how could the social programs and services work as usual? There are lots of problems needing to survival until now, such as the lack of food and medical equipment in poor countries and areas in the world, even in large cities there are people starve to death because of job-losing in the financial crises.
However, the idealists are of the same importance because they always pursuing long-term goals and have a broader vision than pragmatic individuals. As we all known, there are many standards to judge what is "success". The idealists may argue:" Is the immediate success real success? What if it is only short-term profit and means nothing to the future development?" Idealism is an important part of social life because it is the original impetus based on natural interests. Only the idealism would pursue their goals without being held back by practical concerns. What's more, the truly successful individuals always take an idealistic point of view. For example, Bill Gates abandoned his courses in Harvard, unlike all the practical students, and founded his own company at his 20s. It is no reason to conclude that idealistic views tend to be superseded.
In the daily life, it is hard to find someone who is totally practical or idealistic because no one could live without solving the immediate problems such as meals and sleeps or without holding a dream of future. Actually, everyone, as well as the society, is composed of both of the two elements. As so many immediate problems such as the job-losing and poverty in some areas are to be solved, pragmatic behavior is needed. At the same time, idealistic behavior is needed too because it give natural interests to us and is relevant to the long-term profit. It is not controversial to finish immediate tasks, hold broad visions and pursue long-term goals. In fact, knowing the direction, every step towards it is well worth.
In conclusion, both of pragmatic and idealistic behavior is crucial for individuals as well as the whole society. When we are doing our works, we should also know where we are going and what we are pursuing. |
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