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GRE——作文——张碌——页码:37——有人认为大学应该考虑学生的天赋和兴趣
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题干:Some people believe that college students should consider only their own talents and interests when choosing a field of study.Others believe that college students should base their choice of a field of study on the availability of jobs in that field.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take.In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
What criteria should college students use to pick their majors? Although it seems more realistic to choose a major with good job prospects, I think job prospects are not the only guidelines for choosing a major.
First, I do not deny the validity of choosing a major based on job prospects.For the vast majority of people, college is the conveyor belt that takes a person from student to society.Therefore, students should study in the field that society needs so as to better fit in society.
However, I doubt the feasibility and necessity of this choice.First of all, how can one predict the employment prospects of a certain major after graduation? Nowadays, society is changing rapidly, and it is very likely that a major with good job prospects when a student enters college will become less promising after graduation.A good example of this is finance majors.Finance jobs, such as accounting and investment, are being rapidly replaced by artificial intelligence, and the demand for such positions in banking is declining year by year.So many college students choose their majors with the idea that finance majors have great job prospects and a decent future working in the towering office buildings of banks and accounting firms.Many students who have this desire may be disappointed after graduation.
Second, even if the job prospects for this major are indeed good, what makes this student sure that he or she will like it and be able to do well in it? Computer science is an extremely popular major every year during the college admissions season because the employment situation is getting worse and worse, and computer science is almost the only major that has a high employment rate and can earn a good salary upon graduation.However, choosing a computer science major does not necessarily mean that you will be able and suitable to work in the computer industry in the future.Studying computer science, like any other science or engineering major, requires a certain amount of talent.If a student naturally lacks the logical skills necessary to program, or finds it too boring to code on a screen every day, then there is no point in majoring in computer science.
Therefore, I believe that the optimal criteria for choosing a major is one’s own talent and interest.First of all, students will be motivated if he or she studies in a field that one is talented or interested in.College is the last chance to concentrate on studying before one goes out into the world.The most valuable way to spend the time in college is to do well in your major instead of thinking about employment after graduation.
Secondly, what really helps one’s employment is the ability to learn instead of the major one chooses.Except for technical jobs that require professional ability, most companies do not prefer a specific major when hiring.Instead, they are willing to pay more attention to students’ GPA, because GPA is a good indicator of the candidate’s learning ability.In this case,students who choose a major that they are good at and interested in are more likely to get a good GPA and thus more likely to win the job competition.
In summary, it is visionary to set yourself up for a career while still in college.However, I am more in favor of choosing a major that you have a talent for and are interested in than the one that has good job prospects.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take.In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
What criteria should college students use to pick their majors? Although it seems more realistic to choose a major with good job prospects, I think job prospects are not the only guidelines for choosing a major.
First, I do not deny the validity of choosing a major based on job prospects.For the vast majority of people, college is the conveyor belt that takes a person from student to society.Therefore, students should study in the field that society needs so as to better fit in society.
However, I doubt the feasibility and necessity of this choice.First of all, how can one predict the employment prospects of a certain major after graduation? Nowadays, society is changing rapidly, and it is very likely that a major with good job prospects when a student enters college will become less promising after graduation.A good example of this is finance majors.Finance jobs, such as accounting and investment, are being rapidly replaced by artificial intelligence, and the demand for such positions in banking is declining year by year.So many college students choose their majors with the idea that finance majors have great job prospects and a decent future working in the towering office buildings of banks and accounting firms.Many students who have this desire may be disappointed after graduation.
Second, even if the job prospects for this major are indeed good, what makes this student sure that he or she will like it and be able to do well in it? Computer science is an extremely popular major every year during the college admissions season because the employment situation is getting worse and worse, and computer science is almost the only major that has a high employment rate and can earn a good salary upon graduation.However, choosing a computer science major does not necessarily mean that you will be able and suitable to work in the computer industry in the future.Studying computer science, like any other science or engineering major, requires a certain amount of talent.If a student naturally lacks the logical skills necessary to program, or finds it too boring to code on a screen every day, then there is no point in majoring in computer science.
Therefore, I believe that the optimal criteria for choosing a major is one’s own talent and interest.First of all, students will be motivated if he or she studies in a field that one is talented or interested in.College is the last chance to concentrate on studying before one goes out into the world.The most valuable way to spend the time in college is to do well in your major instead of thinking about employment after graduation.
Secondly, what really helps one’s employment is the ability to learn instead of the major one chooses.Except for technical jobs that require professional ability, most companies do not prefer a specific major when hiring.Instead, they are willing to pay more attention to students’ GPA, because GPA is a good indicator of the candidate’s learning ability.In this case,students who choose a major that they are good at and interested in are more likely to get a good GPA and thus more likely to win the job competition.
In summary, it is visionary to set yourself up for a career while still in college.However, I am more in favor of choosing a major that you have a talent for and are interested in than the one that has good job prospects.
