问答题
7. Read carefully the following excerpt, and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should:
● summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then
● comment on whether science and art education should be divided in high school
You should support yourself with information from the excerpt.
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Separating no science and arts education
Since 2009, with the issue of the
China's Medium and Long Term Education Reform and Development, there ushered in the heated discussion of "the necessity and the feasibility to abolish science and art division in high school".
It heralded 2015-2016's Gaokao Reform in many provinces to drop the previous rigorous division of science and art like Shanxi, Changsha, Tianjing, Fujian... etc.
The main reasons are as follows:
The NPC Standing Committee member Zhu Yongxin said in an interview with
Southern Weekend, "the severe of science and art does conspicuous damage to students' intelligence and knowledge." He also said that the previous education strategy stifled the potential of students by restricting them too early in science or art and they should be given choices until maturity.
The headmaster of Guangxi TVU He Zubing, "there is definitive categorization in knowledge like science and art but life has no such categorization."
According to a poll done by
Southern Weekend, there is a pervasive prejudice of art education. The students in science are endeared while those in art are often snuffed at in everyday society.
It is early for students to receive art-science separate education; students should learn art or science separately in college but not high school.
【正确答案】Sample:
It has long been a contentious issue as to whether science and arts education should be separated in senior high school. There are obviously many provinces which have dropped the previous division and embrace the new allegiance of both disciplines. A lot of people point out that this separation is a damage for the integrity of knowledge and it's also too early to talk about this kind of question in high school period.
However, as far as I am concerned, the first opinion holds more weight. For one thing, I believe the most correct thing in the world is to do what you are really interested in. interest will arouse motivation, and usually make you receive the best result in the end. So it's good for students to decide whether they want to learn science or arts as soon as possible. For another, no one can learn everything in the world, you must make a choice, and if science and arts education been separated in high school. Students' burden will be reduced and it will really be good for both their physical and mental health.
Now, after close examination, it is not difficult to draw the conclusion that science and arts education should be separated in senior high school. Therefore, as a university student, some basic knowledge from both fields is still necessary.
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