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Until getting into a college, students have to study diverse subjects even if they do not want to study, because test score of them are needed for entering a college. After SAT, why students have to study subjects they do not hope to learn, once again? Is it really necessary? I think colleges should guarantee the freedom of course selecting to freshmen. There are several reasons. First, students have different learning interests. As many people know, interests are main motivation of students' learning. If there is no interest in certain subject, a student will not be willing to study it. Not only that, if the student is enforced to do it, it is likely that the result will be terrible. Schools' requirement of taking same courses will discourage the freshmen's study. As a student, I know what is like to learn what I don't want to. It is a torture. Happiness is first step for the pursuit of knowledge that the first-year students should take. Free course-taking helps students' future career. Students’ dreams are numerous. Some of freshmen would have fixed their future career already, while the others are not sure about the career after graduation. Those who set their goal would choose the courses that can help their goal by themselves. Schools' requirement of same course would interrupt them to follow their goal. On top of that, those who did not determine their future career also get setback. If they can take any course they want, they would find what they like and can do well naturally. Monotonous course setting does not give good thing to them, also. In my case, when I just got the college, I took a introductory marketing course. Our school did not require the same courses, so I took it because I was interested in it. And as more as I learned, I wanted to learn more about marketing and customers’ mind. I decided to study marketing more deeply in my major, and now I want to work in the field. Because I can choose what I want to, I was able to find my future job. Up to high school, we had enough. In colleges, first-year students also should have the right to choose their courses as they wish, so they could find their own career or help their goal and learn what they want happily. |