Recently, what is the most important quality of high school teachers has been a hotly-debated question for a long time. Some people suppose that high school teachers should have the capacity to teach student learn by themselves while others regard assistance from teachers as most valuable. However, from my own perspective, I assume that it is most important for teachers to give useful advice on students’ future planning. My view points are based on the following reasons and examples.
To begin with, for senior students, how to choose a suitable future college major is essential to them. The reason is that this kind of decisions will definitely cast a significant impact on these kids who are just standing on the crossroad of their life. So if teachers are able to offer some practical opinion to their students, they may probably own a better college life as well as a brighter future. For example, five years ago when my sister Jane was prepare for her college entrance exam, her parents tried a lot to make her to choose a famous normal university, because they thought being an English teacher would have a lot of free time and could take care of her future family. Nevertheless, Jane had no interest in teaching. All she liked was programming. Fortunately, her computer science teacher kept encouraging her to pick up a major related to programming and tried a lot to persuade her parents to follow their daughter’s heart. This June Jane graduated from a computer engineering major and found a well-paid job in Shanghai. The most important thing is she never regret her decision in college major selection and always tell us that she is happy with her career. Obviously, her computer science teacher played an essential role in her major-choosing determination.
Moreover, due to the limitation of knowledge and experience, students may find it quite tough to pick up their future major. Nevertheless, teachers who know the outside world better can provide good advice to their students and thus will make their determination much easier. For instance, when I was in senior high school, there were two majors I would like to choose: one was translation and the other one was English teaching. I was too young to distinguish them clearly and just roughly knew that these two were both related to English, which was my favorite subject. One day I discussed this problem with my English teacher who owned a two-tear translation experience before she came to our school. Translation, she said, was a little bit boring because a translator should sit in front of a desk and type all the time, merely having any connection with other people. In contrast, being a teacher could involve with a lot interactions with little kids and would be much more interesting. Due to my outgoing personality, she recommended me to choose the latter. She was right. Several years passed by, I have become a TOEFL teacher and I am deeply into my career. If I did that decision myself, I might choose translation and finally find it not suitable for me. So my English teacher helped me a lot when I was a senior high school student.
Last but not least, obviously, it is possible that teachers may give some wrong advice because of their own drawbacks or an inadequate understanding of their students. However, this disadvantage can be simply fixed if we tell our students to consider other people’s opinion. As long as our kids collect various kinds of information from different groups, he or she can eventually select the most suitable one. One of my neighbor called Jack, an energetic boy, also was confused about major selecting. Actually, he had wide-ranged interests, from finance to human resources. When he asked his teacher for advice, his teachers can only give some unspecific information to him because none of them had a finance or HR background. Fortunately, Jack had an uncle who worked in financial field. He provided additional information to his nephew and thus finally led to Jack’s determination to study accounting in his future college life. Therefore, even in some case, it is indeed a bit difficult for teachers to give a profound advice, students can easily get some supplement from other individuals and finally make the best decision.
To sum up, helping students to choose an ideal future direction is the most significant quality which high school teachers should have. On the one hand, major selecting of teenagers can greatly influence their future life; on the other hand, senior high school kids lack the capacity to decide their college major on their own. Even if sometimes advice from teachers can also have its own deficiency, this disadvantage can be solved effectively by accepting various kinds of advice from different groups of people.
Recently, what is the most
important
quality of
high
school
teachers
has been a
hotly
-debated question for a long time.
Some
people
suppose that
high
school
teachers
should have the capacity to teach
student
learn by themselves while others regard assistance from
teachers
as most valuable.
However
, from my
own
perspective, I assume that it is most
important
for
teachers
to
give
useful
advice
on
students’
future
planning. My view points
are based
on the following reasons and examples.
To
begin
with, for
senior
students
, how to
choose
a suitable
future
college
major
is essential to them. The reason is that this kind of decisions will definitely cast a significant impact on these
kids
who
are
just
standing on the crossroad of their
life
.
So
if
teachers
are able to offer
some
practical opinion to their
students
, they may
probably
own
a better college
life
as well
as a brighter
future
.
For example
, five years ago when my sister Jane was
prepare
for her college entrance exam, her parents tried a
lot
to
make
her to
choose
a
famous
normal university,
because
they
thought
being an English
teacher
would have a
lot
of free time and could take care of her
future
family.
Nevertheless
, Jane had no interest in teaching. All she liked was programming.
Fortunately
, her computer science
teacher
kept
encouraging her to pick up a
major
related to programming and tried a
lot
to persuade her parents to follow their daughter’s heart. This June Jane graduated from a computer engineering
major
and found a well-paid job in Shanghai. The most
important
thing is she never regret her decision in college
major
selection and always
tell
us that she is happy with her career.
Obviously
, her computer science
teacher
played an essential role in her major-choosing determination.
Moreover
, due to the limitation of knowledge and experience,
students
may find it quite tough to pick up their
future
major
.
Nevertheless
,
teachers
who
know the outside world better can provide
good
advice
to their
students
and
thus
will
make
their determination much easier.
For instance
, when I was in
senior
high
school
, there were two
majors
I would like to
choose
: one was
translation
and the
other
one was English teaching. I was too young to distinguish them
clearly
and
just
roughly knew that these two were both related to English, which was my favorite subject. One day I discussed this problem with my English
teacher
who
owned
a two-tear
translation
experience
before
she came to our
school
.
Translation
, she said, was a
little bit
boring
because
a translator should sit in front of a desk and type all the time,
merely
having any connection with
other
people
.
In contrast
, being a
teacher
could involve with a
lot
interactions with
little
kids
and would be much more interesting. Due to my outgoing personality, she recommended me to
choose
the latter. She was right. Several years passed by, I have become a TOEFL
teacher and
I am
deeply
into my career. If I did that decision myself, I might
choose
translation
and
finally
find it not suitable for me.
So
my English
teacher
helped
me a
lot
when I was a
senior
high
school
student.
Last
but
not least,
obviously
, it is possible that
teachers
may
give
some
wrong
advice
because
of their
own
drawbacks or an inadequate understanding of their
students
.
However
, this disadvantage can be
simply
fixed
if we
tell
our
students
to consider
other
people’s
opinion. As long as our
kids
collect various kinds of information from
different
groups, he or she can
eventually
select the most suitable one. One of my neighbor called Jack, an energetic boy,
also
was confused
about
major
selecting. Actually, he had wide-ranged interests, from finance to human resources. When he asked his
teacher
for
advice
, his
teachers
can
only
give
some
unspecific information to him
because
none of them had a finance or HR background.
Fortunately
, Jack had an uncle
who
worked in financial field. He provided additional information to his nephew and
thus
finally
led to Jack’s determination to study accounting in his
future
college
life
.
Therefore
, even in
some
case, it is
indeed
a bit difficult for
teachers
to
give
a profound
advice
,
students
can
easily
get
some
supplement from
other
individuals and
finally
make
the best decision.
To sum up, helping
students
to
choose
an ideal
future
direction is the most significant quality which
high
school
teachers
should have. On the one hand,
major
selecting of
teenagers
can
greatly
influence their
future
life
; on the
other
hand,
senior
high
school
kids
lack the capacity to decide their college
major
on their
own
. Even if
sometimes
advice
from
teachers
can
also
have its
own
deficiency, this disadvantage can
be solved
effectively
by accepting various kinds of
advice
from
different
groups of
people
.