ISSUE3:A NATION SHOULD REQUIRE ALL ITS STUDENTS TO STUDY THE SAME NATIONAL
CURRICULUM UNTIL THEY ENTER COLLEGE RATHER THAN ALLOW SCHOOLS IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE NATION TO DETERMINE WHICH ACADEMIC COURSES TO OFFER.
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SHOULD A NATION REQUIRE THE SAME NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR ALL CHILDREN UP
UNTIL COLLEGE WHILE IT DOESN'T ALLOW SCHOOLS IN DIFFERENT STATES TO HAVE
FREEDOM TO DECIDE THEIR OWN ACADEMIC COURSES?THE SPEAKER CLAIMS SO,BUT I
AGREE WITH THE ASSERTION THAT A NATION SHOULD PERMIT SCHOOLS IN DIFFERENT
AREAS TO DETERMINE SUCH CURRICULUM AS THEY SEE FIT.IN MY VIEW ALL SCHOOLS
SHOULD HAVE THE SAME COURSES WHICH ARE CALLED CORE CURRICULUM BECAUSE SUCH
COURSES ARE BENEFICIAL TO ANY STATES.
ADMITTEDLY,A NATIONAL CORE CURRICULUM IS NEEDED FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL STATES
AND COMMUNITIES.FIRST OF ALL,BY PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS
AND KNOWLEDGE,A COMMON CORE CURRICULUM CAN BE PRODUCTIVE TO ENSURE ALL
CHILDREN GROW UP TO BECOME REASONABLY INFORMED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.IN
ADDTION,A COMMON CORE CURRICULUM WOULD PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL FOUNDATION UPON
WHICH COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS AND FACULTY COULD EASILY BUILD CURRICULUM AND
SELECT COURSE MATERALS SUITABLE FOR ALL FRESHMEN THAT NEITHER BELOW NOR
ABOVE THEIR LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.FINALLY, A CORE CURRICULUM IS
ESSENTIAL FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY BECAUSE ALL SCHOOL-CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT
CORE VALUES UPON WHICH OUR SOCIETY DEPENDS TO THRIVE,EVEN TO SURVIVE.
ASIDE FROM THE FOREGOING PROVISO,HOWEVER, A CORE CURRICULUM ALSO POSES
CERTAIN PROBLEMS WHICH MIGHT OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS,NOTED ABOVE.FIRST OF
ALL,IN WHAT SCOPE WOULD A CORE CURRICULUM BE SELECTED AND ON WHAT BASIS
WOULD A CERTAIN COURSE WORK BE INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED.UNDOUBTABLY,THESE
DECISIONS WOULD BE IN HANDS OF FEDERAL LEGISTATORS AND REGULATORS.SO IT IS
ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WHO WOULD BE THE FINAL DECISION-MAKERS?WHAT'S MORE,THE
FEDERAL LEGISLATORS HAVE THEIR OWN NOTIONS OF WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE
TAUGHT TO CHILDREN--NOTIONS THAT MAY NOT REFLECT THOSE OF MOST
COMMUNITIES,SCHOOLS OR PARENTS.
IN FACT,AN OFFICIALLY AND FEDERALLY SANCTIONED CURRICULUM WOULD FACILITATE
THE DISSEMINATION OF PROPAGENDA AND OTHER DOGMA BECAUSE OF ITS BIASED AND
ONE-SIDED NATURE,OBVIOUSLY WHICH GOES AGAINST THE VERY PURPOSE OF TRUE
EDUCATION:TO ENLIGHTEN.SO IF OUR NATION BAN SCHOOLS FROM SELECTING THE
CURRICULUM AS THEY NEED,I CAN EASILY FORSEE THE NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
WOULD BE CONDEMNED BY THE WHOLE SOCIETY. ALTHOUGH THIS SCENARIO MIGHT SEEM
FAR-FETCHED,THESE SORTS OF CONCERNS ARE BEING RAISED ALREADY AT THE STATE
LEVEL.
AT THE INDIVIDUAL STATE LEVEL,THEY CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR PATICULAR ETHNIC
CULTURE.SO INFLEXIBLE NATURE OF A UNIFORM NATIONAL CURRICULUM WOULD
PRECLUDE THE INCLUSION OF PROGRAMS,COURSES AND MATERIALS THAT ARE PRIMARILY
OF REGINAL OR LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE.FOR SUPPORTING EXAMPLE,CALIFORNIA REQUIRES
STUDENTS AT CERTAIN LEVELS TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PARTICULAR ETHNIC
GROUP WHO MAKE UP THE STATE'S DIVERSE POPULATION WHICH STUDENTS IN OTHER
STATES NEEDN'T LEARN.BUT A NATIONAL CURRICULUM MIGHT NOT ALLOW FOR THIS
FEATURE AND
CALIFORNIA YOUNGSTERS WOULD BE WORSE OFF AS A RESULT OF THEIR IGNORANT
ABOUT THEIR TRADITIONS,VALUES.
IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS,HOMOGENIZATION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
WOULD AMOUNT TO A DOUBLED--EDEGED SWORD.A CORE CURRICULUM IS NEEDED IN ANY
COUNTRY.AT THE SAME TIME,A NATION SHOULD ALLOW SCHOOLS TO SELECT REST OF
THE CURRICULUMS.ACCORDINGLY,ON BALANCE,NATIONAL CURRICULUMS SHOULD INCLUDE
THE CORE CURRICULUMS THAT ALL STUDENTS SHOULD BE TAUGHT AND OPTIONAL
CURRICULUMS THAT IT IS UP TO EACH STATES.
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EDUCATION, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF A SOCIETY, IS CONSIDERED TO BE
SIGNIFICANT FOR A COUNTRY TO RAISE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL ACQUIRE VARIOUS
KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE TO DEVELOP THEIR NATION EFFICIENTLY AND RAPIDLY.
THEREFORE, WHAT TO TEACH TO THE STUDENTS BECOMES A PROBLEM REQUIRING
SERIOUS AND COMPREHENSIVE CONSIDERATION.
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE ALL THE STUDENTS SHOULD STUDY THE SAME NATIONAL
CURRICULUM UNTIL THEY ENTER COLLEGE RATHER THAN ALLOW SCHOOLS IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE NATION TO DETERMINE WHICH ACADEMIC COURSES TO OFFER. BUT TO MY
OPINION, I THINK DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE NATION COULD FORMULATE THEIR OWN
CURRICULUM FOR THE STUDENTS AS SOON AS A CHILD ENTERS SCHOOL.
ON ONE HAND, DIFFERENT PARTS HAVE DIFFERENT ADVANTAGES TO TEACH THE
CHILDREN, AND TO FOSTER THE STUDENTS' INTERESTS. SAY, IN A CITY NEAR A SEA,
TEACHERS COULD BRING THE KIDS TO SEE THE TURTLES AFTER A CLASS ABOUT THE
HABITUDE OF TURTLES. THEN BEFORE LONG, MAYBE ONE OF THE KIDS WILL GET VERY
INTERESTED IN SEA ANIMALS AND BECOME A BIOLOGIST.
ON THE OTHER, EACH PART IS DIFFERENT WITH ANOTHER BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC,
POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS VARIANCE, THUS THE GOVERNMENT OF EACH PART COULD MAKE
THE MOST APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM AIMING AT THEIR STUDENTS. FOR INSTANCE, IN
A ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED PART, THE SCHOOLS ARE ABLE TO USE MORE ADVANCED
APPARATUS(有复数吗）FOR TEACHING; WHILE IN A PART WHICH IS NOT ECONOMICALLY
STRONG, IT COULD USE MORE NATURAL RESOURCES. FOR GERENALLY THE RICHNESS IS
ALWAYS IN INVERSE PROPORTION(我想说‘成反比’不知对不对） WITH ENVIROMENTAL
MAINTAINNESS.
THE LAST, IT IS TOO LATE TO CULTIVATE DIFFERENT KINDS OF INTERETS FOR THE
STUDENTS AFTER THEY ENTER COLLEGE, BECAUSE MOST OF THEIR IMAGINATION IS IN
THEIR CHILDHOOD. THE MORE THEY LEARN, THE MORE THEY THINK OVER, BUT THE
LESS THEY IMAGINE.
IN ONE WORD, IT IS BENEFICIAL TO ALLOW DIFFERENT PARTS OF A NATION TO TEACH
STUDENTS ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT CURRICULUM AS SOON AS THEY ENTER SCHOOL,
WHICH COULD MAKE THE STUDENT TO BECOME PERSONS WITH VARIOUS ABILITIES FOR
THE COUNTRY.
