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教育类范文十九
Some people think that the main purpose of schools is to turn children into good citizens and workers rather than to benefit them as individuals. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
有些人认为学校的主要目的是将孩子教育成合格的市民和劳动者，而并非为学生的个人成长提供帮助。多大程度上你同意或者不同意？
【 说明 】
在当代多数国家，教育体系（education system）都在变得越来越市场化（increasingly marketised）。如果仅仅强调学校的社会作用（social roles），却忽视家长与学生个人作为消费者对学校的需求或期望（ignore the needs and expectations of consumers of education），明显是不合理的（unreasonable），也无法提供真正扎实的、全面的教育（solid，well-rounded education）。
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Some people think that schools should focus on preparing students for their future responsibilities as citizens and workers rather than on benefiting students as individuals. However，I would argue that both these goals are important to the success of schools.
On the one hand，the effort to turn students into good citizens and workers helps schools to fulfil their social responsibility . Most schools are funded with tax money paid by citizens and businesses . Schools，therefore，should help students to develop a strong sense of social responsibility and social skills that will contribute back to the development of their community and their country. For example，in civics class ，students can be taught about the rights and duties of citizens， while team sports in PE class help them to improve their skills to work with others. Schools should also provide training courses that prepare students for the labour market . In this way，schools help to prepare a competitive workforce for their country's future economic growth .
On the other hand，it is important that schools try to benefit their students as individuals. If schools only focus on their social responsibility and ignore students' own interests and career goals ，they may fail to provide courses and training opportunities that students are really interested in. This can lead to inefficient and unproductive learning ，and defeat the social purpose of schools. Students may even find education that ignores their needs frustrating ，and leave school with negative attitudes.
In conclusion，schools should not only aim to produce responsible citizens and competent workers but also try to ensure that students are treated as valued individuals and can have their individual needs met.
词汇和短语
（标★的是本类话题的高频词汇或短语）
fulfil their social responsibility （ 学校 ） 尽到它们的社会责任
a strong sense of social responsibility 很强的社会责任
★ social skills 社会交往技能
★ civics class 公民课
prepare students for the labour market 让学生能够满足劳动力市场的需求
defeat the purpose of … 导致某事物的目的难以实现
★ find … frustrating 感到某事物令人沮丧的
a competitive workforce （国家、地区或者企业拥有的） 有竞争力的劳动力
career goals （名词短语） 事业目标
inefficient and unproductive learning （名词短语） 低效率并且效果不佳的学习
★ produce responsible citizens 培养有责任感的公民
competent adj. 能力符合要求的 ， 称职的
Bonus:
teamwork skills （名词短语） 团队合作能力
improve students' social judgement and involvement 提高学生们的社会判断力和对社会活动的参与度
语法多样性分析
◆ Students may even find education that ignores their individual needs frustrating . 本句里find+宾语+frustrating构成了find+宾语+宾语补足语的宾补结构
本文量化评分
■译文
有些人认为学校应该注重帮助学生为将来作为公民和劳动者所需要承担的责任做好准备，而不是注重让学生个人获益。但我认为这两个目标对于学校的成功都很重要。
一方面，将孩子们教育成合格公民和工人的努力有助于学校完成它们的社会义务。大多数学校都是由公民与企业交纳的税金来资助的。因此学校应该帮助学生们发展能够回馈社区与国家发展的强烈的社会责任感和社会技能。例如，学生在公民课上可以被教授关于公民的权利与义务的知识，而体育课上的团队运动则让学生发展与其他人合作的技能。 而且 学校应该提供能帮助学生们满足劳动力市场需求的课程。这样学校就可以为国家未来的经济发展培养有竞争力的劳动力。
另一方面，学校使学生个人从教育中获益也很重要。如果学校只是将重心放在社会任务上面而忽视了学生自己的兴趣和事业发展目标，那么学校的课程和培训机会就可能不会真正引起学生们的兴趣，这会造成导致学习效率和效果下降，并导致学校的社会作用难以实现。学生们甚至可能会因为教育忽视了他们的个人需要而感到沮丧，带着负面的情绪离开学校。
总之，学校不仅应该致力于培养有责任感的公民和合格的工人，也同样应该把学生当成值得重视的个人，并且确保他们的个人需求能得到满足。