davids10,
标题中的4个9只是幽默。另外，职业发展不是生活的唯一。使自己成为所生活的社会的full member也是很重要的。
zeopha,
这几天刚好处于生活的转折点，故才有些空余时间。在此最后再写一篇。
In many countries, students must leave school because of their poor behaviours. Some people think it is a good idea, while others argue that there are other ways to solve this problem.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Whether expulsion from school is an appropriate punishment for students with poor behaviors is a tough question to answer. At stake are multiple competing, yet equally legitimate, interests. In trying to answer the question, we need to properly balance educational goals for the misbehaving students in question against educational goals for other students, safety concerns for other students and the school staff, and resource restrictions.
Everyone in the society benefits from a generally educated citizenry. A democracy cannot function without a generally educated citizenry. Therefore, unlike their private counterparts that are allowed to have more limited missions, public schools, funded by taxpayer money, are tasked with, and should strive for providing an adequate education to as many young citizens as possible. In the educational context, disciplinary actions and punishment mainly serve two worthy objectives: deterrence and rehabilitation. The effectiveness of expulsion, however, is questionable on both counts. It is quite likely that students with poor behaviors would not take expulsion seriously to begin with. And absent discipline and positive role models provided by the school, they are more likely to have a troubled life or, worse yet, a life of crimes down the road. Because expulsion is so lacking in positive effects, public schools, given the nature of their missions, should avoid it when more effective disciplinary measures, such as in-school discipline and counseling, are feasible. Generally speaking, expulsion is not an appropriate punishment for non-violent offences such as defiance of authority, truancy, and plagiarism.
What is said above does not mean expulsion is never appropriate. Indeed, expulsion is called for when violence is involved. This point was made all the more stark by the Columbine High School massacre. When a student brings a firearm on to the campus, or sexually assaults a schoolmate, or otherwise does anything that would constitute a violent crime if done by an adult, he or she not only seriously disrupts other students’ educational goals, but puts other students’ and school staff’s personal safety in danger as well. Schools have limited budgets and resources, and are ill-equipped to deal with such violent students. In instances like these, the violent misbehaving student’s interest in receiving an education must yield to the concerns for other students’ and the staff’s safety, and the misbehaving student should be expelled, and justifiably so.
In conclusion, expulsion is an exacting punishment with little educational value. It must be used judiciously. But when reserved as a last resort to deal with violent and dangerous students, expulsion is appropriate, even desirable.
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