[作文] [作文]ISSUE 6 考前热身 求拍

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6. A nation should require all of itsstudents to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.

Write a response in which you discuss theextent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain yourreasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting yourposition, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendationwould or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape yourposition.

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The speaker asserts that a nation shouldrequire all its students to study the same national curriculum until they entercollege. I agree with his recommendation to some extent, since this proposalcan serve as a good way to ensure a relatively equal education of good qualityfor every single student around the nation. However, the effectiveness of thismethod is questionable considering some problems within it, which make meregard this recommendation not the best way for a good education.

Admittedly, with the help of the samenational curriculum every student can be guaranteed an education of the samelevel before they enter universities. This is good for the generalization ofeducation to every child and boosting of students' average qualities. Althoughin many developed countries, with good social welfare and funding, everystudent has generally been ensured to enjoy the education, there are still manychildren in the 2nd and 3rd world countries who cannot go to school. With thecompulsory policy to imply the same national curriculum, this problem can besolved to guarantee everyone an education in spite of the poverty of his or herfamily. Besides, given a national curriculum consisting of generally necessaryand useful courses--math, languages, and so forth--the students’ abilities canbe improved in all, which is definitely good for their survival when they growup, and good for the development of the whole nation. In sum, thisrecommendation to imply a same national curriculum to all students is of meritconsidering its effects on education generalization and improvement of thebasic skills of all students.

However, there are still many flaws withinthis method. One of them is the curriculum making issue. Given a large countrylike China, there are different races within and the education resources indifferent areas vary. These factors make it difficult to make a curriculumwhich can satisfy all students in the country and therefore be applied in anational sphere, since, for example, students in Shang Hai and Beijing may findthe content too easy to further develop their skills due to the advancededucation conditions there and good foundation of the children, but thestudents in the remote villages may find it difficult and hard to catch up withdue to poor education conditions. Also, for the students who want to entercolleges, the content provided by the national curriculum may not be deepenough for them to develop good skills therefore making a large gap for thembetween the university education and the one they accept before college. Inthis light, the same national curriculum cannot satisfy all students of differentneeds, backgrounds, and different areas, and it could be better to implydifferent curriculums according to the distinct situations or different areaconditions for a best match of the students.

In addition, the general education by anational curriculum may somehow confine the potentials of students. After all,every student has different preferences and abilities, and it could be bad toforce them learn the same thing altogether instead of providing themopportunities to unearth their real potentials. For example, some students maybe really good at math but not that interested in other subjects. Forcing themto learn the same curriculum and compete with other students may limit theirprogress in math due to the insufficient math knowledge supply and limited timefor math. To these students of different preferences and goodness, it could be reasonableto provide more space for them to develop what they like and what they are goodat. In view of this issue, the national curriculum cannot do a good job tounearth the students’ potentials.

In sum, the recommendation to imply a samenational curriculum to educate every student is somehow beneficial for ageneral education and an improvement of the average skills of the students inthe nation. However, there are some flaws within the recommendation, like theinflexible content to educate all different students, and the limitation ofeducation failing to develop individual potentials. In this light, a flexiblecurriculum according to different area situations can do a better job when thegeneral education has been ensured.

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