12.14日作业:Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In university, students should take the history courses no matter what field they study in.
As the famous saying goes, “History makes men wise”. Nowadays, many scholars acclaimed that history should be the required curriculum in the university no matter what major the students are in, because history can help student broaden their horizon, cultivate their patriotism and have a better understanding about the people and society. However logical the argument might be, it only skims the surface of the problem. Through carefully weighting the mind, we could find the fact is not that simple. First of all, too much curriculum organized will be nothing beneficial but make students sick. For example, students majoring in chemistry or physics would feel out of place when they study about background of resident of Peking or the significance of Renaissance. Given the heavy load students have to face in the university currently, why urge them acquaint even more history than the knowledge they had already learn . What's more, the quality of this education style should be suspect. Students could always get high score by memorizing numerous points of exam one week before the test, and then let all materials slide. Secondly, such mean to improve someone's patriotism wll be ineffective. Reading abstract history book or being present in the history class would easily drive students to sleep. By contrast, visiting the former resident of revolutionist or museum is much more direct and thrilling. For instance, the lesson about Nanjing Massacre is horrifying and yet abstract. A trip to the memorial Museum in Nanjing is a experience that has moved many students to tears, and naturally make student more patriotic. Thirdly, it's undeniable that history course could help students to know something about the society, but what the college students lack is the experience out of the tower of ivory. A piece of Current news can ironically explain that point: 2 students with history master degree were treated and sold to the remote countryside by a stranger in the station. We have history course from elementary school to high school, why bother the student to review it again in the university. The university can save the time to organize the students to participate in more social practice. As discuss above, what the university think about isn't force their students to grasp more curriculum without considering the students actual needs and interest, but well thought out curriculum with enough flexibility to handle the differences between individual. |