These days there are numerous universities around the world. People want to get much higher education than before, increasing the number of universities overall. Then there would be the problem regarding the division of budget. Universities only have limited budget for students. Undergraduates need to improve themselves physically and mentally during their school lives. The choice between sports department and libraries is meaningful in terms of it. Personally, I believe that libraries have more importance than sports department. There are lots of reasonable reasons, however, I will cover only a few of them below.
First of all, universities should concentrate on what they are. Their purpose is to educate students who are more enthusiastic in studying. Studying can be carried out by reading books, discussion, debate and ect. Libraries could provide the place for these activities, which is not allowed in gyms. For example, in my case, I had a difficulty finding a proper place for studying together in my university. There was no spare space in the library. As a result, I had to give up studying in my school though I went there for studying and improving myself. Therefore, investing more meny on libraries could take universities much closer to their originality.
Moreover, libraries can play a huge role in universities. As mentioned above, libraries have a wide range of places: reading rooms, seminar rooms, pc rooms as well as cafeterias. In other words, it can be used for various purposes. Some undergraduates use it for meeting each other whereas others make use of it for only studying. As the number of facilities libraries have shows its importance on the students. In fact, students often depend on libraries when they need space, books, or copy machine. Therefore, it is needed to invest more money on the libraries not only for purchasing more books but also for making libraries much more fancy spaces.
However, it does not mean that I do underestimate the importance of sports. There is a strong belief in me that sound minds can be kept in only sound bodies. Yet considering that universities are more proper places to study, not to exercise, the investment should be given to libraries first,
To sum up, what is obvious is that the unversities should allocate more budget on libraries. It would guarantee the improvement of researh and development field and students' convenience at the same time. Thus I strongly disagree with the statement that a university should invest more on sports department than libraries.
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