首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Some weeks ago, riding in a cab from Boston to Cambridge, my driver turned and asked me what I did for a living. "Teach English,
Some weeks ago, riding in a cab from Boston to Cambridge, my driver turned and asked me what I did for a living. "Teach English,
admin
2011-03-26
86
问题
Some weeks ago, riding in a cab from Boston to Cambridge, my driver turned and asked me what I did for a living. "Teach English," I said. "Is that so?" The young man continued. "I was an English major." But then, instead of chatting idly about Joyce or dropping the subject altogether, this driver caught me short. "You guys," he said, turning back so that his furry face pressed into the glass partition, "ought to be shot." I think he meant it.
The guilty party in this present state of affairs is not really the academic discipline. It is not the fault of English and philosophy and biology that engineering and accounting and computer science afford students better job opportunities and increased flexibility in career choice. Literature and an understanding of, say, man’s evolutionary past are as important as ever. They simply are no longer perceived in today’s market as salable. That is a harsh economic fact. And it is not only true in the United States. Employment prospects for liberal arts graduates in Canada, for example, are said to be the worst since the 1930s.
What to do? I think it would be shortsighted for colleges and universities to advise students against majoring in certain subjects that do not appear linked (at least directly) to careers. Where our energies should be directed instead is toward the development of educational programs that combine course sequences in the liberal arts with course in the viable professions. Double majors--one for enrichment, one for earning one’s bread--have never been promoted very seriously in our institutions of higher learning, mainly because liberal arts and professional-vocational faculties have long been suspicious or contemptuous of one another. Thus students have been directed to one path or the other, to the disadvantage of both students and faculty.
A hopeful cue could be taken, it seems to me, from new attempts in the health profession (nursing and pharmacy, for example), where jobs are still plentiful, to give the humanities and social sciences a greater share of the curriculum. Why could not the traditional history major in the college of arts and sciences be pointed toward additional courses in the business school, or to engineering, or to physical therapy? This strategy requires a new commitment from both the institution and the student and demands a much harder look at the allocation of time and resources. But in an age of adversity, double majors are one way liberal arts students can more effectively prepare for the world outside.
The obstacles in course sequences in academic schooling are indicated in all of the following EXCEPT ______.
选项
A、the misguidance of major-selection in some of the institutions of higher learning
B、the current curriculum couldn’t keep up with the development of the society
C、the inharmonious relation among the teaching faculties
D、the authorities of higher learning attach only little importance to course sequences
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/RaBO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
•Readthememoandadvertisementbelow.•Completetheformatthebottomofthepage.•Writeawordorphrase(inCAPITALLETTER
Questions11-15•Lookatthechartsbelow.Theyshowthesalesofcarsindifferentdepartmentstoresduring2006,2007and
•kookatthechartsbelow.Theyshowthesalesofcarsindifferentdepartmentstoresduring2004,2005and2006.•Whichchart
ReadthefollowingreviewsofabookcalledTheBossesSpeak.Foreachquestion23-28,choosethecorrectanswer.Markl
•Readthereviewbelowofabookaboutinterviewingjobapplicants.•Aresentences16-22ontheoppositepage’Right’or’Wrong’
ReadthefollowingreviewsofabookcalledTheBossesSpeak.Foreachquestion23-28,choosethecorrectanswer.Markletter
INTERNATIONALBUSINESSCONFERENCE2009Therewillbethreeconferencesthisyear—twoinCambridge20Marchand11Aprilrespect
ThereisnothinginscienceAstalingthatitisgoodtoattempttosavehumanlives.SavingHumanlivesBseemstobeaCgenerall
"Doyoumind______?""Goahead.Idon’tmind."
UptonSinclair,anAmericanwriterofthe20thcentury,showedhis______geniusforrecreatingsocialhistoryinhisnovels.
随机试题
子宫内膜脱落不全功血患者,正确的是
关于准分子激光器的描述错误的是
县级以上各级人民政府应当采取措施加强对中医药文献的
细胞质内出现大小不等,圆形均质红染物质的病变,见于
关于对全面推进依法治国基本原则的理解,下列哪些选项是正确的?(2015年卷一51题)
国际上对一个国家或地区经济发展阶段划分的理论有()。①霍夫曼定理;②工业发展阶段论;③产业成长阶段论;④产业结构演化论;⑤罗斯托“起飞论”;⑥产业进化论
甲公司拟向乙公司订购一批办公家具,授权本单位员工李某携带一张记载有本单位签章、出票日为2001年5月9日、票面金额为18万元的转账支票(同城使用,下同)前往采购。5月10日李某代表甲公司与乙公司签订了价值18万元的买卖合同。该合同约定:甲公司于合同签订当日
获得导游人员资格证后,申领导游证必须具备()条件。
相对而言,下列类型的文件中,不易感染病毒的是()。
Newswritersareexpectedtobeclearandaccurate;theforminwhichtheywriteorspeakis______tothatrequirement.
最新回复
(
0
)