▶ Your Answer :
There has been heated debate over the issue
of whether the best way for teachers to make their students to be interested in
a subject is to explain how the subject helps them outside the school. Although
there might be good reasons for disagreeing, I agree with the statement.
To begin with, students would put great efforts
into learning a subject when teachers impart practical knowledge beyond their
textbook. Real pragmatic tasks applied to a company such as making money and
developing useful skills can allow students dream of getting accepted into a
prestigious conglomerate and working there, while they lose interest in the
subject when studying boring information from their teachers. For illustration,
take the case of myself. There were 2 math teachers, Brian and Nancy, in my
high school. Although they arduously taught me hard-to-understanding concepts,
the class I really enjoyed was Brian’s. This was attributed to the reason that
he associated math concepts with terms used in real fields of industries. Thus,
his class attracted many students including me.
On top of that, if students learn about a
subject outside the conventional contents, they can get help to pave the way
for their career. This is largely because students in a school do not pay much
attention to their career in the future. However, a large amount of interesting
topics can give an opportunity to think and imagine their occupation, thereby
increasing their interest of the subject. For example, when I was little, there
was not much reason to focus on my future career when I took a music class. However,
by learning and watching professional musicians in concert halls with my music teacher,
music inspired me to consider which career is appropriate for me and I decided
to major in music in the university. If I had learned music through passive
text, I would have never thought my major deeply. In this regard, experiences
that school boundary does not provide can wield enormous power over students.
In a nutshell, it is apparent to me that
young children had better to play competitive sports for two reasons mentioned
above. |