ISSUE50

TOPIC: ISSUE50 - "In order to improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level, all faculty should be required to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach."
WORDS: 441 TIME: 00:45:24 DATE: 2008-3-10 16:46:02

The speaker proclaims that faculty should work outside their academic realms, in professions related to what they teach. In my view, the speaker fails to take into account that great differences exits between every academia. In some academic areas faculty should work outside, while in certain other areas they should not.

With respect to certain academic domains, there is no occupation to speak out of academia at all. This especially true in the artistic fields, in which professors create work from daily life. For example, in the music area, experts may sniff certain feelings benefit for creation even during dream. A dimming silence may attract their attentions; therefore a great achievement arises from this relatively paltry behavior. For the professors, everything in daily life is the element in their work.

The same things are also common in the field of literature, where anything professors see or participate in may become professor's composing source. For instance, an author goes on a journal at his or her vacation. When this author is fishing beside a river, an old woman protected by a young girl is ambling by the author. As a result, this author is deeply moved by this scenario and immediately composes an essay focusing on love. Life indeed is the origins of these professors' academia researches.

By contrast, in certain other areas, there is an apparent difference between academia and work outside academia. I strongly accede to what the speaker asserts. It is worthwhile for professors to actively engage in profession out academia.

In my experience as a college man, professors who are actively engaged in outside work relevant to their specialty will bring us fresh insights and up-to-date notions. On the one hand, A computer professor in my university participate in various of conventions held all over the country. Not only did students benefit from his interesting experiences he had to tell, the professor himself has published many prominent articles and get a high value.

On the other hand, professors in researching cults may gain a myriad of benefits on condition that they undertake outside work related to their specialties. For example, a physical teacher in my university enthusiastically takes part in outside work--to take practical exercises and make teaching tools himself. We all get a better understanding of principles and theories discussed in class on account of this professor's vivid explaining method and models he used.

In sum, whether the faculty should work outside their academic areas primarily relies on what realm they are teaching. In some cases, especially in art, they do not have to work outside; while in certain other cases, they should actively participate in outside work.