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ProfessorEvanRobertFarr
FreshmanInquiry:Portland
15October2014
Itisnotonlyfuturecareer
Theeducationinplaceandenvironmentmakesdifferentpeople.Iwasbornina
smalltowninChina.Inmyhometown,eveninmycountry,theeducationsystemisa
bankingconcept.Ifpeopletakeaclassandstaythereforthewholeclass,theywill
seetheteacherwilllectureduringthewholeclasswithoutanyquestionandpractice.
Assimilarastheexam,allthequestionsarecomefromtextbookandnoanyquestions
studentshouldusetheirownskillortalkabouttheirownthinking.Theonlything
theyfocusisgrade.However,theAmericaneducationsystemismuchdifferent.
EducatorsinAmericanpaymoreattentiononstudentselflearningandstudents
quality.Whilethebankingconceptcouldtrainsomestudentwhomightbegoodat
somescienceareas,alsotheymightgetsomereallygreatjob.Thoseconceptswhat
focusontrainingskillsaremorebenefittostudentswholelife.
Indeed,themostbasicaimofcompleteuniversitystudyishelpingstudentstogain
agreatjob,earnmoremoney.While,studentscometocoursesandlistenthelectures,
theyjustgetusefulknowledgewhattheyneedfortheirfuturecareer.However,the
collegeeducationisnotonlyofferingstudenttheknowledgefortheirfuturecareer,
butalsothroughthecollegeeducation,educatorsshouldpaymoreattentiontothe
studentswholelife,suchasselflearning,communicativeabilityandrepayto
society.

Firstly,theselflearningisaveryimportantskillwhateducatorsshouldteachto
studentthroughtheircollegelife.Ferirestatesaeducationconceptwhichcalled
questionposingconcept.Hethinksteachersshouldaskstudentslearnproblemsand
discussthembytheirowninsteadofonlydothelecture.Forstudentsfuturecareer
andlife,therearenomanyteacherscanteachthemlikewhattheygetincollege.
Thus,Thisskillcanhelpstudentsolveproblemsandovercomedifficultiesinthemost
timeoftheirlife.Freirestatesliberationeducationconsistsinactsofcognition,not
transferralsofinformation.(Pedagogy of The Oppressed, Paulo Freire,
1986)In other wards, the education is a process that educates
cognize self and learn how to do independent think, not just get the
knowledge form teachers. Forexample,inthePortlandstateuniversity,the
engineeringandscienceclass,almosttheteachertalksthewholeclass.Thereisno
questionsandnodiscussions.Thethingtheyonlyfocusisgrade.
However,thefuturecareerisnottheonlythingstudentshouldtoface.Thejobis
likeasteppingstone,itisjustapartoflife.Noonewantsstudentsonlyknowhowto
gethighgradeanddothingsthatarerelatedwiththeirmajororjob.Therearemany
problemswhatstudentswillfaceduringtheirwholife.Therearemanychallengesfor
themselveswhentheydonothaveanyteacherscouldhelpthem.Freirealsostates
students,astheyareincreasinglyposedwithproblemsrelatingtothemselvesinthe
worldandwiththeworld,willfeelincreasinglychallengedandobligedtorespondto
thatchallenge.(Pedagogy of The Oppressed, Paulo Freire, 1986)
Students will face the challenge again and again without others
help. That time will be required their self-learning skill learn and
solve the problem. Therefore, not only study hard for the degree,

but also student should try to learning and solve problems by

themselves.
Ontheotherhand,thecommunicativeabilityisanotherimportantskillstudents
shouldget.Studentsliveintherealworldwithmanyotherpeople,theydealwith
peopleeveryday.Thus,thepurposeofcollegeeducationshouldmorefocuson
teachingstudentscommunicativeability.Collegesshouldofferthecourseswhat
studentscommunicatewithteachersandotherstudents.Thegoalofthesecoursesis
tryingtohelpstudentsimprovetheircommunicativeabilitywhichisaimportant
abilityfortheircareer.Forexample,manyuniversitiesoffercourseswhicharevery
helpfulforstudentstopracticeandimprovetheircommunicativeability,suchasthe
Inquirycourses.Studentsdoalotreadinganddiscussionwhiletheytakethese
courses,anditishelpfulfortheirindependentthinking.Crononstateslearninghowto
talking,listeningandreadingareskillswhatstudentsshouldget.Studentsshould
knowhowtotalkwithdifferentkindpeople,listeningotherstalkingandaccept
differentideasduringreading.Listeningandacceptingdifferentideasisveryuseful
forthefuturelife.Forexample,inapersonswholelife,theywillmeetmany
differentsortofpeople.Therefore,offeringcoursetoimprovestudents
communicativeabilityiswhatcollegeshoulddo.
Anotherimportantpurposeofcollegeeducationishelpingstudentsbeing
responsibilitytothesociety.Peopleallliveinthesamesocietysothatallpeople
shouldhavetheresponsibilityandshouldrepaytothesociety.Thesocietyofferthe
educationchancetoallpeopleandtheyareequalforgettingeducation.Studentsget
freeeducationformprimaryschooltohighschool,andtheyjustneedpayalittebitto
getcollegeeducation.Thus,allstudentsshouldlearntorepaythesocietyduringtheir

life.Notmatterwhattheydoislargeorsmall,collegeshouldteachtheythisthinking.
Therefore,itisapurposewhatcollegeeducationshoulddo.
Forthecollegestudy,manypeoplethinktheonlythingisstudyingandgaininga
greatjob.However,thepurposeofcollegeeducationshouldbehelpingstudentsget
betterlife,notonlygainingajob.

Cronon,William."OnlyConnect."AmEricanScholar4Aug.1998.Print.

Freire,Paulo,andRamosBergman."Chapter2."PedagogyofHope:Reliving
PedagogyoftheOppressed.NewYork:Seabury,1968.66.Print.