Educaiton should be accessible to people of all economic backgrounds. All levels of educaiton, from primary school to tertiary education, should be free. To what extent do you agree with this opinion?

“

Education

is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” was a quote from the famous freedom fighter Nelson Mandela. In the end,

education

itself can be divided

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two major disciplines. The Western and Eastern

education

systems

. Despite

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their similarities, these two

systems

have distinct differences that can’t be ignored when people take a closer look at them.

First

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difference is the way of teaching. While

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Western

education

emphasizes

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understanding,

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Eastern

education

emphasizes

on

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memorizing.

For example

,

students

learn from memorizing facts from their books or solving one exercise after another. In the end, there is still the danger that

students

might not understand the knowledge, but just

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from the teachers. In Western countries, the teachers spend a lot of time

to make

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sure that the

students

have fully

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their lessons. They spend more time

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class and group

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in order to know how to speak up logically and learn to accept other people’s opinions, which is

also

time-consuming. The

second

difference is the way how the teacher and the school treat each

students

’

interests

. In Wester,

students

are highly recommended to have their own

hobbies

and the schools

also

offer different activities for them. In contrary to the eastern

education

system

, where learning is the most important thing for the

students

and

hobbies

not related to learning are not encouraged. Through

this

example, people can have a better insight into the

education

system

and understand

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society.

Last

but not least, Eastern and Western

education

systems

produce variant characters. The East produces individuals who have good academic results but with a lack of

hobbies

and

interests

outside their studies. In the meantime,

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education

system

produces

students

with diverse

interests

and many different

hobbies

.

However

, their academic results are might not as perfect as their different

interests

.

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, while the West focuses on

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, the East focuses on the whole. To conclude, both

systems

have their own advantages and disadvantages. As the Western

system

focuses on building up

students

with a diversity of

interests

, the East focuses on

students

with potential ability. In

this

way, each of the

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wants the best for the

students

and there is no “best”

education

system

in

this

sense.