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There
might be some people who believe that students should not be exposed
to teachers' opinions on social and political issues in class.
However I personally disagree with the above idea for the two
subsequent reasons.
First
of all, hearing teacher's thought about social and political subjects
provides students with chances to study issues. Generally students
are not interested in social and political issues. They prefer
entertainment news or celebirities' gossip to serious matter in the
world. However, since teacher's argument has great impact on
students, if teacher talks about some issues, the students might be
interested about them. According to the survey conducted by Korea
Education Research Center, more than 60 persantages of students
encountered new society issues from their teacher, and they also said
other media such as TV or newspaper didn't affect them at all.
Second
of all, teacher's opinion can improve student's thinking ability.
Thinking ability is the power which enable someone to think about
some problem and have their own opinion. When students hear about
teacher's speech, they tried to understand it. Somtimes they would
agree with teacher's opinion, but from time to time they questioned
about it and think differently. This process enhances student's
ability to have their idea. For example, when I was in high school,
history teacher used to give his though about historical and
politacal issues after he taught about events. At first I was
unpleasant to hear it, because I thought it was meaningless and
inappropriate. On the other hands, the time goes by, the teacher's
speaking gave me a chance to think about the events and issue. After
I got in to university, this experience was really helpful to me,
because most of assignment in university requires me to write about
my thought.
In
conclusion, teachers' thought about on social and political issues in
class can enhance studen's ability and give them a chances to learn
about the issues.
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