Educational institutions have a responsibility to dissuade students from pursuing fields of study in which they are unlikely to succeed. [Specific Task Instruction: Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.]
1. 怎样评价学习某个专业是否可能成功或者不可能成功?应该参考哪些因素?请举例并简述。
回答:
To judge whether a student can reach success in a certain field, we have to see from two aspects. The first aspect is whether he or she have the ability to learn the professional knowledge of this major well. For example, if a girl have a poor logical intelligence, it will be almost impossible for her to become an expert on mathematical. And the second factor we should take into consideration is whether he or she is interested in this major. It is always said that interest is the best teacher. If a student does not have the ambition and enthusiasm to succeed in a certain major, it will be hard for him or her to accomplish great things.
2. 如果没能形成正确的价值理念标准,而仅仅为了“成功”而选择专业,会有哪些潜在的问题和不足?请举例并简述。
回答:
If students just choose their major based on whether they think they can succeed on this field, especially when they have the wrong standard about successful, they may pursue some major that they are not really interested in, or not really good at. For instance, economy is a major that a lot of high school graduates dream of learning these years. However, most of them just think that working for banks or funds can make them succeed easily. This phenomenon causes the overpopulation in economy major at a lot of colleges, which further lead to the shortage of working opportunities in financial industry.
3. 除了为以后的成功做准备以外,在大学阶段,学生应该锻炼哪些其他能力?怎样进行这些能力的锻炼?请举例并简述。
回答:
Besides professional knowledge, students should also accumulate contacts and other information about their major. And they should seize every chance to experience the real working environment, then figure out what is really needed to succeed in a certain field.And the most important thing is they must build up their ability of getting along with others. No matter for what kind of job, interpersonal relationship always has great effect on his or her prospect.
4. 在毕业之后的工作和生活中,是否只有专业知识才是有用的?如果不是,还有哪些知识是有用的?为什么?请举例说明。
回答:
I would say without hesitation that professional knowledge is important. However, it is not only the only factor determining whether one can succeed. For instance, the successful of Steve Jobs, the former executive of Apple, is much more than making the most technologically advanced devices. It is about original ideas and the sense of beauty, which can not be acquired from any technology books.
5. 教育机构应该对学生的学习和发展起到怎样的引导作用?都应该如何去做?请分析并简述。
回答:
They have the responsibility of helping students choose majors that are right for them. However, they may do this only by providing plenty of information and by making sure that students have the proper concept of success. And the choice must be left for students themselves.