Graduate / TOEFL: 'anticipation of more intelligent class discussions'; teaching is harder than it once was [3]

prompt: Do you agree or disagree with the statement that teaching is harder than it was in the past?

Thanks in advance.

Today's society is much more diverse, complex, pluralistic and swiftly changeable than ever before,making every social member a sailor driving on the sea under complex weather condition. Thus, teachers play a more important role in leading teenagers to prepare for their future. Some people hold the view that teaching is more and more harder than it was in the past, while others provides counterarguments to it. As far as I am concerned, it is true that education is a more difficult process than before.

To begin with, what teachers need to teach is harder and more than before. To illustrate, with the rapid development in all the fields, the world's knowledge industry has witnessed unprecedented boom in recent years. Therefore, if a teacher wants to provide the latest results in a certain filed, he must introduce the process of development at first, and then exactly explain what is the critical point in the process, why it changes and even what will it turn into in the future. Obviously, it was much easier to do in the past, especially when it comes to time and amount. Researchers at China Academy of Social Science conducted a survey in 50 key high school in Shanghai. They drafted a list of questions centering on level of knowledge taught in school and asked teachers to fill out the questionnaire. Among the 6000 teachers who wrote out their answers, over

75 percent of them mentioned the harder knowledge and more amount preparation for lessons. Thus, we can see teachers in school now take more time and energy to prepare for their lessons, due to the developing process of knowledge.

In addition, it is a new challenge for teachers to teach their students in the current situation, not only because of the more personal students, but also because of the more sensitive parents. To be specific, children, who were thought possession to a family in the past because of the poor society, now are just family members. And then more and more families hold only one child. So both their parents and their grandparents care more about them. In other words, if children are hurt in school, their parents may think it is not their children but the teachers who will be to blame. Actually, it really do harm to teachers psychologically. On the other hand, the spoiled children always do something personally. Just as the common notion in psychological filed, a personal man usually create a mental acknowledge to others and satisfy himself materially and mentally. That means the only child even can lie to himself to continue his behavior without anxious feeling. For example, my neighbor Kimi, who never accomplishes his homework, once told me he would be a scientist, so it's unnecessary to learn all the easy thing in school. What's more, he thought others trying to persuade him to study were so stupid that they could not understand his great dream.

In conclusion, it is difficult and much knowledge, naughty students and even the surrounding situation that transform the problem of education into a mountain from a hill. So there is no doubt that we should give more attention to both the education and teachers, in order to establish a complete system. Teachers, students and even their parents are on duty.

Graduate / TOEFL: Would workers be much happier if they are doing different tasks than doing the same task? [4]

prompt：Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Workers would be much happier if they are doing different types of tasks during their workday than doing the same task.

Thanks for advance.

Today's society is much more diverse, complex, pluralistic and swiftly changeable than ever before, making every social member a sailor driving on the sea,enjoying challenging under complex weather condition. Therefore,some people argue that people would be happier to do different types of work than to do the same. However, I hold the view, of many others, that different jobs and a certain work have the same effect on people. If there are anyone wondering the view, this passage is my answer.

To begin with, the two types of ways to work can give people a sense of pride. Familarity makes things perfect, just as a common notion suggests. If someone does the same work everyday, they will know every stage of the working process, understand every factor of the task, and even predict every possible error of the job. Therefore, they can always do an outstanding job and "shine" among their colleagues. On the other hand, different jobs in the working environment,which make people more eager to challenge, once are overcome by people, they will be great proud of themselves.We could trace evidence to a survey conducted by researchers at China Academy and Social Sciences in 40 successful companies in both Beijing and Shanghai. They drafted a list of questions centering on happiness from the two types of work and asked the employees to fill out the questionaire. Among the 8000 employees who wrote out their answers, about 43% of the answers are the same work, 50% are different jobs,and 7% are others. Thus we may see happiness from both of the tasks affect people.

In addition, trying various tasks is helpful to people with repetive behavior to do a certain one. So is repeating the same work. For one thing, no one could complete an assignment without trying again and again. Then, when we get a new job, accomplishing it needs us to attempt many times, which may be several days or even weeks, if admitted. For another, about a task without results for a long time, continuing and insisting on it not only may be a waste of time, but also do harm to employees' interests and enthusiasm. At that time, a new work is a must.

Considering all the details mentioned above, there is every reason to believe that different tasks have the same influence on people as the same job.