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A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college. should a nation require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college, as the speaker maintain? i concede that some common core curriculum has its merit, however, i think the speaker overlooked some negative effects a national curriculum may take, which would do harm to the individual students, the universities and the nation in the long run. admittedly, implementation of a national core curriculum would be conductive to a nation in several aspects. firstly, providing a common core curriculum for every child could ensure that all those children receive fundamental knowledge and values, and become reasonably informed and well-behaved members of the society, whether they are in metropolitan cities or in remote areas. in addition, a common core curriculum makes it easier for universities to develop standards of enrollment and to select appropriate course materials for freshmen coming from different regions of the country. however, there exists many potential drawbacks in this kind of curriculum set-up, which might outweigh the benefits. as for the students, a national curriculum seems to inhibit students' interests towards leaning in the long run. because the course arrangement has already been settled, students have no choice but to follow it and consequently have no opportunity to develop freely. moreover, even though educators would take students' interest into account when planning the course arrangement, it's improbable that a national curriculum could satisfy each one's appetite. hence it would impede students' interests towards school courses and in turn, inhibit their leaning motivation in the long term if a national curriculum was implemented. moreover, a common curriculum would also pose certain problems upon universities. the major goal of a university is to nurture professionals in all the sectors of the society. accordingly, when selecting students, universiries prefer to the ones with clear future plannings and certain major foundations. however, under a setted curriculum, students cultivated own no individual personality characteristics, just like industrial products on the assemble lines. as a result students have to foster and find out their respective major interests firstly when entering colleges, which in turn would impede universities to fulfill their normal functions. as for the nation, there also exist adverse consequences. firstly, economic, cultural and educational levels are different among different areas within the country: in developing regions the original education systems lag behind that of developed regions. Obviously, attempt to seek a “one size fits all” curriculum is inappropriate and risky to whatever region in the nation. moreover, a general curriculum chosen by authority rather than by local schools or local governments could hardly give comprehensive consideration to every area’s particularities. especially in a complex modern multinational country composed of many disparate groups, to implement a national core curriculum is to serve to obliterate cultural diversity and tradition. in the final analysis, implementation of a national curriculum would amount to a double-edged sword. while it would serve as a warrant against a future populated with illiterates, at the same time it might serve to jeopardize the diversity and creativity of the nation. in my view, the optimal approach is a balanced one: impose a basic curriculum yet leave the rest free for each region and for each student. |
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