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[kunal227]

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ISSUE TOPIC:
"In our time, specialists of all kinds are highly overrated. We need more generalists -- people who can provide broad perspectives."

MY RESPONCE:
In today's modern world we find a variety of specialists in nearly all fields-doctors, teachers,chefs,etc. They have their own special place in the society. They all play a very important role in the development of society.
Previously, if a student completed graduation in a medical or dental field, he would be considered very intelligent. But now completing graduation is no big deal. The student has to do a specialization in a particular field of his choice. Job preferences are now given only to the post graduates. A person having an injury in his bones would obviously prefer to go to an orthopaedic surgeon rather than a general physician. A person would take his infant child suffering from cough to a pediatrician rather than a physician.
In case of teachers too, specialization is very much required. A person employed to teach in the high school has to have a master's degree. Also, a restaurant which specializes in a particular dish is generally more preferred by the customers than a place where all kinds of dishes are available.e.g Pizza Hut has a monopoly in pizza in many countries.
On the other side of the coin, generalists also have their own place. In a rural place where hardly any facilities are availabe, a specialized doctor would not be suitable. Instead a general phyisician would be preferrable. Also, teachers which can teach in all classes of the school would be suitable.
A general restaurant would only be preferred if different members of a family have different taste and choice. Moreover, a manager or a director of a company has no specialized area to work in, instead, he looks over all the departments of the company with equal diligence. A manager will solve a probelm differently than a specialized person. The former will review from all aspects the solution of the problem while the latter may review it from a particular angle only. Thus a person having different skills can work out any problem in the company.
Thus, specialists and generalists both have their own role in society and both should be given equal importance according to the location and conditions.




The University of Claria is generally considered one of the best universities in the world because of its instructors' reputation, which is based primarily on the extensive research and publishing record of certain faculty members. In addition, several faculty members are internationally renowned as leaders in their fields. For example, many of the faculty from the English department are regularly invited to teach at universities in other countries. Furthermore, two recent graduates of the physics department have gone on to become candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physics. And 75 percent of the students are able to find employment after graduating. Therefore, because of the reputation of its faculty, the University of Claria should be the obvious choice for anyone seeking a quality education.


MY RESPONSE:
The author concludes that the University of Claria should be the first choice of a student seeking quality education. To support his statement, he has mentioned about its academic faculty. But there are many assumptions and flaws made by the author in the argument.
The foremost flaw is that the author has not mentioned as to which subjects is the University of Claria famous for. It may be possible that the English and the Physics department may be the best for studying, but at the same time the Zoology department may not be as good as the former. Hence it may not be the obvious choice for a student who wants to do his majors in Zoology.
Secondly, the reputation of all the instructors has been based on the works of only certain faculty members. It may be possible that some faculty members may not be as active or intelligent as their contemporaries. Due to the work and dedication of few persons, their credit cannot be given to the lazy persons.
Thirdly, the graduate students who became candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physics may not have depended completely on their faculties. They may be in-born genius and worked hard by themselves without any sufficient guidance from their instructors. Thus a University's reputation cannot be judged only by its students' works.
Furthermore, sufficient data has not been provided as to students graduating from which field get employment easily. They may be finding the jobs due to the demand of that particular field at that time. e.g. information technology. But as its demand decreases in the market, the graduates may automatically face employment problems.
Thus, if the author had provided sufficient data about the works and records of all the faculty members & performance of all the departments of the University, the argument would have been more persuasive to rank the University of Claria at the first place.

[Erin]

Since I don't want people to be confused about where to post their essays, I will close this thread for now. I'll also probably clean up the thread at some point by removing off-topic posts.

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