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It is evident that in current society what to teach has a tremendous important in our lives. Some people side with teaching self-confidence than specialized knowledge, while others do not. I however, believe that it is better to learn self-confidence. There are several reasons that I could discuss to support my argument, so I will limit my discussion to the two that I feel are the most relevant to the topic : success and stress.
First of all, the most important reason for my thinking this way is that people who have specialized knowledge are more likely to achieve success. It is no secret that there typically exist traits that help successful people get ahead of the game. Thus it can be said that it is more important for teachers to teach specialized knowledge, because student will obtain the extensive expertise that are necessary to succeed. A really good example can be seen in Mark Kim, the CEO of MK Corporation. I read online that learning specialized knowledge played an integral role in accomplishing person. He, utilizing expert knowledge, became one of the top earners in his highly competitive field. In one of his interviews, he could learn specialized knowledge of English from English teacher when he was in high school, which enabled him to have opportunity to enter college which was specialized in English. At a result, he majored in English literature in college and had a chance to gain deeper understanding of the English. This helped him differentiated ideas from his competitors while making one of the most successful English book that ever made in his country. This example clearly shows that leaning specialized knowledge is more important because of success.
Second, another reason which supports my point is that teachers are already stressed out due to the excessive demand of life. Most often, too much on one’s plate, no matter how small it may be, tends to lead anxiety. Thus, teachers should not be required to teach self-confidence because they will receive additional stress otherwise. This reminds me of a time when I was teacher in high school. The fact I had to teach self-confidence definitely added to my struggle with stress. I encouraged my students to instill self-confidence by helping them to develop their strengths. At the same time I felt irritable and had sleepless worrying about student’s academy performance, relationship, money. There were times when I could not sleep for 2 months due to insomnia. Unlike specialized knowledge, I didn’t learn how to give self-confidence in college. Having to worry about constantly teaching self-confidence didn’t help alleviate feeling under pressure at all. As my experience shows, teaching self-confidence is less important because of stress.
All things considered, with the reasons mentioned above, I believe that I have adequately and sufficiently explained my position on the matters regarding this topic.
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