230 College students-and people in general-prefer

[sleel]

"College students-and people in general-prefer to follow directions rather than make their own decisions. Therefore, colleges should eliminate as many choices as possible in order to offer students clear direction."

 

I disagree with the opinion that colleges should eliminate as many choices as possible in order to offer students clear direction. Although there are many people who prefer to follow direction, there are also a large amount of people who prefer to make decisions for themselves. It would be unfair to these people if the college made decisions for them.

 

In fact, colleges should offer as many choices as possible. It ultimately depends upon the person's likes and dislikes, his/her ambition and his/her region of interest. If the student does not mind selecting subjects which are absolutely different from each other, then the college should not raise objections. When a student enters college, he/she is mature enough to make his/her own decisions and selecting appropriate choices. In this process, a person with a wide range of interests does not get disappointed.

 

Sometimes, it may not be possible for the college to provide enough facilities for a given range of choices due to which it might have to eliminate few choices. However, if it can make appropriate provisions for the choices the student has made, then it should definitely do so. Eliminating choices for the sake of providing clear direction is unfair to the student who has a wide range of choices.

 

However, there may be people who are confused and require proper guidance. The college should provide special counselling sessions for them. This might help them acquire a proper direction. Therefore, if a student wants choices eliminated for him and if he is not sure about which choice he wants to do away with, then he should be helped. Also, if a college feels that the student's wide area of interests does not match up to his aptitude then it should be pointed out to the student.

 

The students for whom guidance is provided should not totally depend on the directions. They will have to self-analyse their interests. Ultimately the final decision should be left on the student as he has to set up a career for himself.

 

Clear direction is necessary even for the most brilliant students. Success comes only if the person knows what his/her goals are and where he/she wants to be. Therefore, after the students make their choices and start studying in the college, there should be a special periodic performance analysis which guides them. In this performance analysis, they should be pointed out the ares in which they are strong and can do better. This will help them set goals for themselves.

 

Even though clear direction is necessary, the college should only serve as a guide to the student and it should not eliminate choices for the student without his/her consent.

 

 

[sonali]

"College students-and people in general-prefer to follow directions rather than make their own decisions. Therefore, colleges should eliminate as many choices as possible in order to offer students clear direction."

 

 

In general college students and people prefer to follow directions rather than make their own decisions, but there are many people who prefer to take their own decisions. Thus, I am disagree with the opinion that colleges should eliminate as many choices as possible. Eliminating many choices will block the ways for the students to select course of their choice.

 

 

 

When it comes to decision about major and minor fields of study, curriculum choices and other broad decisions, the final decision makers should be students themselves and not the college administrators. Also, it is unfair to take too many curriculum choices away from students. If they are not free to choose course work that most interests them, students are likely to be unmotivated in their studies. Moreover, it will spoil their career.

 

 

Furthermore, for the students or people who prefer to follow directions to make their decisions, colleges should arrange special counseling sessions. That will help students to select proper direction for their career. Thus students in dilemma of which course to offer will get new direction to rethink about their decision.

 

 

Proper direction is necessary after student finalize is path of desired course. Afterwards it’s obligation of college to give him proper direction to step forward. The student should come to know about his weak areas of study. So that he will try to overcome them. For this purpose special progress session should be held from time to time. That will assist them to step ahead positively.

 

 

In sum, it might appear that in general people prefer others to make decision for them, but it is not true for most of the people. So colleges should not eliminate as many choices as possible. This will limit the scope of selecting the course that interests students.

 

[nutan606]

Hi everybody,

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Students which are today in college classrooms tomorrow will be in the workplace, working in the different capacity and working with different people coming from different background. The purpose of college education is to prepare the pupils to be able to work effectively in such environment. As working in these environments require people to sometime follow and at others lead, I think that the there should be a judicious balance between the choices and constraints for the students.

 

On one hand, once the students get entry level jobs in the workplace they have to follow their superiors. For example, a biology-major may get an appointment to a big biotech company and may be assigned to a research group under a chief investigator. There his ability to follow is important. If he cannot follow the directions of the lead investigator and carries out the experiments on his volition then the cause of the research group will suffer, the company will suffer and so will the student for he will be fired. Where should he be taught to follow? Certainly, the place is the college. By subjecting him to deadlines, timetables, constraints of course, the length of the semester and the examination hours he is taught to follow. If these constraints are not placed and the student is set free of all regulations, he will be less useful in the workplace; he will not be able to finish assigned tasks by deadline and will appear in the meeting room after the meeting has been finished.

 

 

However, on the other hand, students has to decide many things by themselves once they come out of the classroom and the workplace also requires them to take many decisions. Students have to decide what their aspirations are and how those aspirations can be fulfilled as they study and as they come out of the college. Similarly, a student turned supervisor cannot say I cannot decide. He will have to decide what the best course of action is to achieve a desired result. However, if the colleges fix everything for the students, the students will never learn the art of making decision and face serious problems in their life. Allowing students to choose their courses, making them responsible for their course work and similar other things subject students where they are required to make decisions. If such choices are given to them they, by the time they come out of college, will have got enough experience in making decisions.

 

 

Thus to sum up, providing directions for each and every activity of the students is detrimental to their future and at the same time allowing them to follow their vagaries is also deleterious. To prepare the students to cope with the real world situation there should be a judicious balance between the choices and directions.

[pet_ra]

at the last issue two points were taken but noone was shown as strongest.

for GRE issue you need to take one side of statement opposite or positiv.

 

If i were you

:

The purpose of college education is to prepare the pupils to be able to work effectively

and to make decisons by their own. Students which are today in college classrooms tomorrow

will be on the workplaces, working in the different capacity and working with different people coming from

different background. As implementing knowledge in these environments require people to lead,

I think that the there should be the choices for all students not eliminated but extended.

 

 

To prepare the students to cope with the real world situation there should be more abilities for the choices

for gradutes.

Thus to sum up, providing directions for each and every activity of the students is detrimental

to their future and at the same time allowing them to follow their vagaries is also deleterious.

 

 

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