Some people think that universities should provide graduates with the knowledge and skills needed in the workplace. Others think that the true function of a university should be to give access to knowledge for its own sake, regardless of whether the course is useful to an employer. What, in your opinion, should be the nwin function of a university?

Nowadays,
university
policies can be divided into two different aspects. One aspect focuses on supporting
students
' needs,
while
the other emphasizes the importance of acquiring
work
skills
. Other people believe
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knowledge
is
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of main way.
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and my opinion. Clearly,
students
learn
skills
about future
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that will help to get professional
skills
and speed up
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progress in science.
Firstly
, if
students
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taught
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already by
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, they
easy to
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create new
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in
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. In
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industrial revolution
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period, some
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opened technology
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to offer kids
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wanted to
work
, but they
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not understand
skill
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skills
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and
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.
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,
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found
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kids
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invent new things to make
work
easier.
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, some professional
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more
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time
such
as nuclear technology. Highly specialized jobs require more time to learn, if
work
skills
can be learned right from school, technological progress will be accelerated. Contrarily, some people think
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knowledge
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university
that
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is
only
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way.
Firstly
,
students
learn common
knowledge
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can find different
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and
career
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. Diverse
learn
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will help
students
to find their life purpose.
Secondly
, most
country
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or
society
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is
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multiplex, which not only
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that
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also
need different
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to
work
such
as
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,
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and poet
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. If
society
is going to just only
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workers
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,
that
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it
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will lose
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society
. In conclusion, there are always two sides to every issue, and
this
education issue is no exception, let based on the arguments above,I,on balance,am of the opinion that
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work
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in
university
still carry more weight
that
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than
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knowledge
.
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