14. Attending classes: required or optional?
Some people believe that university students should be required to attend classes. Others believe that
going to classes should be optional for students. Which point of view do you agree with? Use specific
reasons and details to explain your answer.
『分析』
不要急于选择哪一个观点。因为两个观点都有些片面。尽量多地列举两种观点的优缺点，然后进行比较，
最终选择一个立场。
上课的好处 [17]
自学的好处[17]
在培养大学生...时，是否应该以培养学生的自主能力为主?
如果强制所有的学生去上课，是否真的会提高所有学生的学习效率?有些学生可能在某些课堂上得不
到有效的帮助。
如果允许所有的学生都可以自由选课，是否会有些学生失去目标?
有没有这种的办法?比如：选修课(optional course)/必修课(compulsory course)的设置
『范文』
The most important responsibility of college students is to pursue their course of study to the best of their
ability. In most cases, this would mean attending every class. In reality, however, not every student is the same,
and not every class is the same. If a student can study more effectively in another way, then that student should be
allowed to pursue his/her studies to the best of his/her abilities, and not be required to attend classes that are not
helpful to him/her.
Some students find it difficult to concentrate in large lecture classes and find reading quietly a more effective
way of studying. If a student can achieve more by reading in the library and meeting with a professor during office
hours than students who attend every class, he/she should not be prevented from studying in the most effective
way for him/her.
The most important measures of a college student's academic progress are tests. In the weeks before exams,
college student's need to arrange their own schedules becomes critical. For instance, if a student is very good at
math but very poor at English, it might make more sense for that student to skip math class and spend the extra
time preparing for an English test. If students are required to attend classes whose content they are already familiar
with, at best they will be bored by redundant material, at worst they will fail tests in subjects they are less
proficient in.
The argument might be made that it is the school's responsibility to organize its curriculum so that students are
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always challenged and therefore truly need to be at every class. I contend that it is impossible to tailor an entire
school's curriculum to the individual needs of every single student. The best that can be hoped for is a well thought
out curriculum with enough flexibility to handle the differences between individual students. Schools should trust
the students to make choices that are in their own best interests, and use testing as the final arbiter of academic
excellence.
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