Currently, 80% of korean students are attedning universities. This phenomenon is critically comdemned because many universities lose their original task and prupose for students. University, at lesat in this area, should make its students specialize in a specific field rather than let them take as many classes as possible because its major tasks are to make its student ready for a reality and furnish them with a professional knowledge to make them an expert.
First off, primary role of university is to give its students with a pragmatic and professional preparation for a real society. It became common though that university is a next step for high school, but it is not.
University is utterly different from a previous high school. A high school teaches a basic knowledge which is neccesary to everyday life. On the contrary, a university is supposed to offer a practical technique for students' future career.
Not only that, but also a university has a reposibility to cultivate a neccessary, useful person for a its nation: an expert. In this gobal area, knowing a lot is not matter because there are enmormous informations available. Oftentimes, a university confuses and tarnishes an original role for its society. National competitiveness does not depend on academically identical people, but on experts capable to contribute a nation's growing global power by establishing a breakthrough
There is a Korean saying goes, "Dig only one well." It has been reported that 10,000 hours make a person an expert in a specific field. Of course, 4 years, at best, university cannot make its student truely prepared expert, but can pave a way for them to find their potential ability.
University should meet what its nation really wants and longs for. For many countries, lack of expertise is a crucial matter for an economic growth. Therefore, a university is reponsible for providing a prepared man achieving a brilliant work for a country.
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