▶ Your Answer : Nowadays, as people are interested in learning, there is a standing issue on whether having broad knowledge of many academic subjects is better or specializing in one specific subject. It is a controversial issue and there are many people who disagree with the statement. However, I personally agree with the statement for several compelling reasons as follow. First of all, people can broaden their perspectives. To be more precise, people will think partially if they choose to specialize in one specific subject. However, people can broaden their perspectives by having knowledge of many academic subjects. In my case, I wanted to specialize in one specific subject which was architecture. Thus, I didn't know the other subject like English or Japanese. However, my colleague had broad knowledge of many academic subjects like foreign languages. Therefore, his ability to interact well with foreigners helped him to broaden his perspective to a great degree. For instance, he can understand codes or etiquettes of other people. On top of that, people can get a better job. Nowadays, it is hard to get a job because the job market is competitive in Korea. Thus, most companies required their applicants to know broad knowledge of many academic subjects. This is because they know having broad knowledge is important to solve a lot of problems during fieldwork. For example, my boss told me that he wanted their applicants to know broad knowledge rather than to specialize in one specific subject because they need to make diverse solutions to many problems in work fields. Moreover, he said that people who specialize in one specific subject are not good at interact with people who work in other departments. This example clearly depicts that having broad knowledge of many academic subjects is better than specializing in one specific subject because people can get a better job. All in all, every and each fact demonstrates my resolute standpoint that it is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject. Since people can get a better job and people can broaden their perspectives by having broad knowledge. Therefore, nothing in my mind casts doubt on my stance regarding the given statements. |