Creativity Is Needed
Creativity Is Needed
My major is physics. In our dormitories, the most popular topic is about the Nobel Prize. We fellows often chat on Einstein, Hawkin in admiration. But look at their nationalities,German, American, French... sometimes we do find someone of yellow race. Well, he must be a Japanese or just a "banana man" with yellow skin but an American heart inside. What's the problem? Why can't an ancient nation with a population of 1.2 billion produce a Nobel Prize winner?
We are not dull. In the past, our ancestors made many wonderful achievements. They discovered some math theories hundreds years before western scientists. The reason why we lag behind today lies in our education system. In primary and secondary schools, students are stuffed with piles of knowledge under the pressure of fierce competition. Many young people lose their chances to enter college just because of one early failure in a stupid examination. How can they show their true abilities?
We are lacking in creativity in such an education system.When our high school students amaze people all over the world by their gold medals in IMO (International Math Olympians),the computer companies are laughing that they have found the best programmers. Our students can perfectly do whatever they are told to, but they are not creative. This is a fatal problem in most professions and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge.
Fortunately we have learned the point, and many reforms are being carried out. In most schools, students are actively involved in the class activities. They are allowed to show their own thoughts. In some schools, students can choose lessons they are interested in, which offers them more room for self-development. Some famous universities search for Newton and Einstein in remote mountain areas instead of modern cities. Maybe the geniuses there are more natural.
Let's wait for Chinese academic stars full of creativity to rise into the starry sky.
簡 評
中國人何時才能拿到諾貝爾獎?這是全國人民的心愿，也是青年學子討論的熱門話題。作者用同宿舍同學的談天內容開頭，自然地引出了本文的議題：為什麼有著十二億人口的泱泱大國，竟無法產生一個諾貝爾獎獲得者?隨之展開分析，毫不留情地指出：是現行教育體制扼殺了學生的創造力。隨後用奧數獲獎者只能做程式設計師的實例來說明應試教育的悲劇性後果。文筆犀利，語言生動。
作者採用提出問題，分析問題，解決問題的思路組織內容，缺點在於思維不夠連貫，論證有欠完整深入。作者對應試教育的缺陷只是泛泛而談，沒有分析其具體表現和深層原因。對如何扼殺學生的創造力也沒有做出說明。因此在談及教育體制的改革時，內容就與前文缺少呼應。思維嚴謹的英文寫作對中國學生是一個挑戰，需要在不斷的練習中提高。
(點評教師：辛紅葉)
Creativity Is Needed