【答案解析】[参考范文1]——总体的知识和技能
Some people believe that universities should provide students with the knowledge and skills they will need in the workplace whilst others think that it does not matter what kind of knowledge students gain during their time at university. In my opinion, universities should certainly focus on providing students with the knowledge and skills that will be applicable to their future jobs, but not exclusively.
Many university students do not study a subject at university and then go on to get a job directly related to that subject. A brief review of leaders of major countries reveals that not all of them have only studied politics. For example, Hu Jintao, the leader of China, is an engineering graduate. As an English teacher, I know that most of my colleagues do not have an undergraduate degree in teaching or English. Other people may study a particular subject at university, then get a job directly related to that subject, but then make a career change later in life.
My second point is that many subjects are not even available at degree level at university, such as policing or being a DJ. This is because, for many jobs, the required knowledge and skills cannot easily be put into a degree course or can be learnt by anyone wishing to put in the required time and effort. In addition, it should be noted that most employers find it better to hire people with the demonstrated capacity to learn new skills and train them on specially-designed courses or "on the job" rather than to only look at graduates who have studied particular courses.
To conclude, I strongly believe that universities should provide the knowledge and skills that a variety of workplaces need, meaning that some things students learn may not be directly related to a particular job.
[参考范文2]——为工作而教学
Some people think that universities should provide students with knowledge for its own sake, but others, including myself, believe that they should provide students with the knowledge and skills that they will use in the workplace.
First of all, university education clearly costs a lot of money. Therefore, students should have lectures and seminars which are directly related to the jobs they will do after graduation. They should not waste university resources on learning other things that will probably be of no use to them in their field of work.
Not only is university education expensive, but it also requires a lot of time to learn the knowledge and skills for jobs in the modern world. Modern jobs requiring university qualifications need people who have much greater knowledge than before. The extra time needed to learn this means that only relevant information should be taught, rather than spending time on things that will not be necessary.
Some people think that universities should teach things from outside the field a student is studying. My opinion is that if students wish to learn something from other fields, they can easily do this in their own time when they have completed any studies related to the course they are taking.
In conclusion, it is my opinion that universities should provide their students with the knowledge and skills they will need in the workplace, rather than using their resources for the provision of knowledge in general. This way, we can maximise the efficiency of higher education.