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发表于 2009-8-19 10:40:04
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Topic 97
Most of us involving in social life are obliged to go to school to learn knowledge from teachers. Thus, teachers play pivotal roles in our education system. However, there comes an argument: whether teachers should be paid according to how much their students learn. Some people maintain that the more students learn, the more teachers should be paid, while others assert that teachers should not be paid according to how much their students learn. On this controversial issue, my answer is definitely the latter based on the following eloquent demonstrations.
First and foremost, how much students learn depends not only on how much teachers teach, but also on students study ability. We can let Einstein figure out ten sophisticated problems every day, but we may just teach Forrest Gump a easy problem every day. In other words, for most of the time, how much students learn is determined by their IQ. In our high school, students are divided into two groups. Teachers in the group where students have strong study ability spend two years teaching the knowledge that another group where students have weak study ability learn in three years. Should teachers in the second group be paid less than teachers in the first group? Absolutely not, for they all try their best.
In addition, education, in terms of its definition, is a process of input and output, so it takes times and patience. In China, students spend six years in primary schools, six years in junior and high schools, and four years in universities. During these sixteen years, they gain the knowledge gradually. If teachers are paid according to how much their students learn, some teachers will no doubt pour a large quantity of knowledge into their students, which may be difficult for students to assimilate.
So what should we do to evaluate teachers? How much students learn is crucial, but we should also evaluate them on their characters, like patience and tolerance. Meanwhile, we should ask students for the evaluation of their teachers. In a world where knowledge determines value in the job market, where a child in Los Angeles has to compete not just with a child in Boston but also with millions of children in Beijing and Bangalore, teachers is of great importance, since prominent teachers help their students learn better. And only we marry how much students learn to teachers' characters and evaluation from their students can we judge fairly how much a teacher should be paid. |
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