Tham khảo tài liệu 'awa practise 2', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | --------------------------------------- AWA PRACTICE ----------------------------------------------- Does a country need good citizens Certainly it does. But should the main goal of education be to teach students to be good citizens No. While nurturing good citizens should be a primary goal it should not be more important than preparing students for the workforce. Upon graduation most students head out into the workforce. At this crucial moment in their lives what is more important their citizenship or their ability to become gainfully employed As important as good citizenship is it does not pay the bills and a society full of citizens who cannot support themselves will have many serious problems. Indeed preparing young people for the workplace by providing them with analytical and technical skills is essential for economic growth. Today more than ever economic success is created and maintained by individuals who can run small businesses make scientific advances manage information and labor in increasingly technical manufacturing settings. A country of good citizens who lack the skills necessary to maintain a stable economy will struggle financially and therefore socially and politically. How will the government fund programs and provide necessary services to its citizens How much will those good citizens suffer if the country cannot support itself or has to compete with other countries for resources How would it defend itself in a time of war without a prepared well-funded military However this does not mean that education should focus primarily on workforce preparation. Economic stability is not the only factor in a society s success. For people to want to live and work in a society they must learn about and value the core beliefs of that society. Likewise they must understand and participate in the workings of that society. They must also respect and value their fellow citizens and their environment. They must in short be good citizens and it should be the duty
