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People are having differing opinions about which one is important for students to learn, the ideas and concepts or the facts. I believe it is more important for students to learn facts.
Admittedly, understanding ideas and concepts is vital for students. Students can know things better if they understand their concepts. For example, students might do not know what is ''Student Union" if they do not know the concepts of student union, which is a union made of by students and it aims to make students' lives more easier in school. In contrast, if students do not know this concept, he will never know what student union' s mission.
But to say that understanding ideas and concepts is more important than learning facts is an overstatement.
It is practical for students to learn facts. By learning from facts, students can know what the ideas or concepts' real mean. As old saying goes " one can never learn to swim if he is not in the water, one can never know things if he does not do them himself". Take student union as an example again. Knowing the concept of student union, students just realize what this organization do, but they never know how to achieve the goals. Only if students join the student union, ally listen to other students what they want and make a plan and think of ideas to meet other students' requirement can a student really know what student union' s meaning.
Moreover, students can learn more if they learn from facts. Learning from the facts helps students to develop essential skills such as communication skill, planing skills and leadership. For example, by running for the president of the students union, students get a taste of what political life is like: talk to others, understand their needs, build mutual trust and eventually get their votes. In the process, all the essential qualities and skills needed for a successful political career can be developed and honed. On the other hand, learning from facts helps students to understand values. For instance, playing basketball teaches us to cooperate with our teammates. Any individual player, no matter how strong and skillful he might be, can not win the game all by him alone. In basketball game, a three pointer is easier to be made if the ball is passed to a player in the open. In contrast, these essential skills and values will never be learned from ideas and concepts.
In conclusion, I strongly hold the view that it is more important for students to learn facts than understand ideas and concepts since learning facts is more practical and students can learn more that will never learned in concepts. |
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