▶ Your Answer :
Some people might say that universities have to provide their students with chances to practice some requirements which are necessary to get a job. However, I disagree with this assertion for two following reasons. To begin with, the underlying goal of universities is teaching academic knowledge and researching. Therefore, they should place priority on classes with high quality and propagation of knowledge. Actually, they are the most important place for improvement of human beings’ intellectual ability. Thus, if they did not concentrate on this goal, one country’s development in science and knowledge would be fallen. For example, I will talk about my country’s case. In my country, Korea, a few years ago, many universities have been focusing on the rate of students’ employment, not studies or lectures. As this trend has been continued, basic science is weakening more and more. As a result, the number of scientists reduced with the flow of time, and myriad of companies where technical knowledge based on elemental sciences are necessary are paying lots of money for using intellectual patent from other countries until now. This example indicates that the downfall of elemental science in one country can eventually lead to economical loss of the nation. Moreover, preparing for students’ jobs should be done in out of universities because that is more effective. In that matter, activities conducted in fields are more important than textbook knowledge or theories from universities, and internship is such an example. This is because students are able to learn practical knowledge which is used in real fields. For example, last summer, I worked in an advertisement company as an intern. This enabled me to learn lots of knowledge related with making advertisement such as how to decide the concepts for the advertisement, to evaluate the effects of the advertisement. These are not the same as something I learned from books and classes in universities. Furthermore, these knowledge was also helpful for my job interview. Thanks to these knowledge, I draw interviewer’s attention, and finally god the job. In conclusion, universities should provide students excellent academic knowledge, not practical skills for employment, and students have to participate in other chances conducted by other institutions except universities such as internship in order to get jobs. In this regard, I firmly believe that universities should focus on studying and teaching academic knowledge |