教育僅僅是為了就業(yè)嗎

　　You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

　　Some people think the university education is to prepare students for employment, others think it has other functions. Discuss and say what the other functions are?

　　You should write at least 250 words.

　　You should use your own ideas of knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.

　　Some people think the university education is to prepare students for employment. While we admit that preparation for employment is an important function of education, it is not the only one. We should see this issue with an all-sided view. In the perspective of society, education is for improvement. Students make use of what they have learned to create new theories and tools. This is the way in which our human society develops. And also, through education, government can teach people how to be appropriate citizens, thus in this way, people’s moralities and behaviors are constrained in a value system and the social stability can be maintained.

　　In the perspective of individuals, education can enrich personal lives. Through education, we can explore different cultures and customs. Thus in this way education can open our eyes and broaden our mind. And education can also meet interests of each student.

　　While of course, all the functions mentioned above have one common prerequisite: one can make a living in the first place. For this society is practical, many university students have studied for four years, but their ability to deal with practical things is too low to be acceptable. So education should provide the basic general knowledge to university students, so that they can be get employed and make a living. And if a nation wants to develop and to compete with other nations, it needs skilled workers to support economic development and to maintain the people creative, which can only be achieved through education.

　　So it has some sense to realize that students’ preparation for employment is the function of education, but it has far more function which should not be neglected. (280 words)