第2篇TWE107,请大家拍砖啊!

罗贝

107. Some people believe that a college or university education should be available to all students. Others believe that higher education should be available only to good students. Discuss these views. Which view do you agree with? Explain why.

When we confront the question whether university education should be available to all students, a hot controversy is originated. Some people believe that all of the students should get the higher education, and some people assert that university education should be only available to good students. Compared with the two opinions, I agree the latter.

First and the foremost, universities are not established for every students, but for those who are interested in their future education and have good academic performance. As we know, get an admission from a university, especially a good university, is not an easy job. Not only should the applicants carefully prepare the standard tests required for college enrollment, such as ACT and SAT, but also have an excellent GPA of their high school study. On the contrary, if a student is not eager for getting his future education, of course, he will pay less emphasis on his academic works, which would inevitably prevent him to be qualified to the university requirements.

Secondly, not all of the students need to accept higher education. Although college education can be an effective prepare for students’ future career, it does not mean that all of the professions require their employers to own a college degree. There are still many students can find their ideal jobs without college degrees. For instance, if a student wants to be a good chef in future, a practical professional education is enough. Thus, considering that not everyone needs higher education, the assertion that making university education available to all students is only a kind of waste of education resources.

Admittedly, some one may argues that there will be some benefits if all the students would access to the universities, such as improving the education standard of the whole society. Compared with detrimental effects it brings, however, these only merits are not overwhelming. Undoubtedly, excessive students getting in to college can be very harmful. Classroom might be over crowed, professors and instructors might encounter so many students which beyond their abilities and the quality of university education would be diminished.

In conclusion, I insist that colleges and universities should be available to a small portion of students, especially good students. Only in this way the value and the quality the higher education offers can be effectively maximized.  

flowersforzoe

放在一起吧，这次写得有点随意。

When it comes to the availability of a college education, some people argue that it should be available to all students while others believe it is only necessary for the good ones to get educated in a college or university. Different evidences would be given from the two perspectives, all of which may sound reasonable. However, as far as I am concerned, college education, as a right of civilians, should definitely be available to all students other than a small fraction of them.

To analyze whether all students should have rights to get college education, we should first look into the essence of college education. College education, as an important way to break down the social ladder, is to enlighten various kinds of people and grant them the opportunity to get a better life. Otherwise, if education becomes the privilege of the minority, in fact it reverses the initiation of university education. Besides, ”good students” is a vague and unclear phrase to refer to. Does it mean the students who gain high marks or the students who are more obedient? A college is not a place for good marks but for the sanity and wholesome personality of a student. Therefore, to give college education to a minority other than all students contradicts the rudimentary aim of education.

Some people may argue that the educational resources are scarce and the job opportunities are also too limited to satisfy so many college graduate students. At first glance, these arguments seem to support those people who think colleges are places for good students. But let us think more about these points. Could the scarcity of educational facilities be ascribed to the increasing of college students? The answer may be no when the investment of government is reckoned on. As to the job opportunities, some people get that argument for lack of consideration of the trend of society development. Job opportunities are never abundant. What is the difference between now and past is that most job applicants are college graduates now while most of them were from high school in the past. This transition illustrates the development of our whole society rather than threaten the careers of most people.

From the analysis above, to give college education to “good students” is a parochial idea although it may come from good willing, and a university should be the place for all students who will attain a valuable experience in their lifetime.

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-8-10 1:01:23编辑过]

罗贝

你写的真不错,都挑不出错来,特别是用词恰当啊!我和你比差远了!

pengstone

大家一起交流,实在是一件值得大力提倡的事.

venuswaiting

很好，嗯

我写不出来呵

有两处小的语法错误，无伤大雅

Compared with the two opinions, I agree（with） the latter

Not only should the applicants carefully prepare the standard tests required for college enrollment, such as ACT and SAT, but (they should)also have an excellent GPA of their high school study.