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　　Topic：Is Education Losing Its Value？　　Education： Losing its Value 　　Today， it seems to be unive

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　　Topic：Is Education Losing Its Value？

　　Education： Losing its Value

　　Today， it seems to be universally accepted that increased education is a good thing. Thousands of colleges and millions of students spend vast amounts of time and money chasing pieces of paper. But what is the value of these qualifications？ This essay will discuss whether education has been devalued.

　　Supporters of education （usually teachers or educators， or those in the business of education） say that increased levels of education will open doors for students. Certificates， diplomas， and degrees are held up as a status symbol， a passport to a private club of money and power.

　　However， the truly powerful are not those with degrees， but people who stand back and look at what is really important in life. These people are found in every part of society. Like many brilliant people， Einstein was a weak math student. Like many successful businessmen， Bill Gates never completed college. Like many inventive and creative people， Edison never went to school. The greatest religious teachers do not have letters after their name. Similarly， many of the world's political leaders do not have master’s degrees or doctorates. These are the people who shape our lives， and they are too busy with real life to spend time in the paper chase.

　　Students in college are being sold an illusion. They are made to believe that self-understanding and society approval will come with the acquisition of a piece of paper. Instead of thinking for themselves， and finding their own personality and strengths， they are fitted like square pegs into round holes， in so-called professional jobs.

　　The role of education is to prepare masses of people to operate at low levels of ability in a very limited and restricted range of activities. Some of these activities are perhaps more challenging than the assembly lines of the past， but the ultimate purpose is equally uninteresting. More worryingly， despite the increased level of education， people are still not genuinely expected to think for themselves. In fact， the longer years of schooling make the job of brainwashing even easier.

　　There is still a role for study， research， and education. However， we need to examine our emphasis on education for the sake of a piece of paper， and to learn the real meaning and revolutionary challenge of knowledge.

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　　第一，相信有許多人都象初學寫作的我那時一樣，通常愛犯的一個毛病就是亂用詞，亂造句，凡是自己知道的詞就都往上寫，生怕考官不知道你的詞彙量有多大，凡是能用中文說的句子就想當然得翻譯成英文。我還記得我第一次考之前拿著一篇我自以為寫得不錯的文章給一個老外看，結果他的評價是他根本就不知道我在寫什麼！他說如果一篇文章裡有兩到三個他看不懂的句子他就一定不會給這篇文章好分！因此建議大家不要一味得把提高作文成績的寶壓在單詞上，我上面的文章大家也看到了，有什麼難詞好詞麼？沒有！我覺得真正讓你得高分的是你的邏輯結構和語言表達的清楚程度，思維一定要清晰，不要想到哪說到哪，語言不必刻意追求華麗，但一定要清楚明白。當然了，寫作過程沖的語法錯誤是很致命的，英語基礎不好的人一定要儘量避免寫過長的從句，倒裝句等等。我個人認為，只要你能做到我以上寫的三點，邏輯清楚，語言簡單明瞭，很少語法錯誤，那麼即使你只有高中的英語水準，打六也是絕對不成問題的。

　　第二，關於背誦範文的事。我曾經背過新東方和吳建業的範文，我不能說效果不好，我只能說他們的範文大致上只適合兩種人，第一，寫作基礎很差想靠背模版純應試的人，第二，記憶力超強能把那些好詞難句都記下來在考場上默寫的人。呵呵，我寫到這裡可能要被人扔番茄了，我絕對沒有任何對這兩位老師不恭的意思，事實上何剛老師是我非常喜愛的老師之一，我只是想說，他們的書已經被太多的人背誦和模仿，他們只會使你更加深陷雅思的套路之中，如果你的目標是六，那你大可以去放心得背它們，但如果你的目標是七，我建議你省下背雅思作文的時間去背一背那寫經典的外國人寫的東西，比如新概念。一旦你背得足夠多，量變導致成質變，你就行成了那種SENSE，這是非常重要的，我第二次考鴨之前用半個月的時間背了足有三十篇專家寫的地道的雅思作文，於是背完之後我就有了這種SENSE，考了兩回都是七，我不是開玩笑，我說的都是我的親身經歷。這不管對應付雅思考試很重要，這對於你出國之後經常被要求寫兩三千字的ESSAY的時候也是受益終生的。

　　第三，這段有做廣告的嫌疑，在我第一次考試作文打了五之後，我在我們英語系找了一個從美國留學回來的老師給我改作文。這非常有效，要知道你一周寫七篇作文，要是沒有任何長進，這種努力是毫無意義的，它不符合收穫與付出成正比這一學說，因為這只會讓你把五分或者六分的作文寫得更加嫺熟而已，僅此而已。但是如果你能夠仔細的修改一篇，仔細分析你的不足之處，那樣你的作文水準才會真的有長進。因此我強烈建議大家在每次寫一篇新文章之前都能找人改過自己的上一篇文章，而且至少背過一篇範文。

　　說了這麼多，也都只是我個人的一些關於寫作的看法，今天時間太匆忙，以後想到什麼再補充吧，我上面有提到的我找的那個老師總共給我寫了有五十篇左右的範文，雖然我還沒有得到他的同意，但是有想看一下的同學可以先把郵箱留下來，得到他的同意後我就會儘快發給大家，祝大家好運！