Topic 2 - Viet Hung

Topic 2: Some people believe that university students should be required to attend classes. Others believe that going to classes should be optional for students. Which point of view do you agree with? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

Many people think that university students have to go to classes. However, I oppose this idea, students should have an option that attending classes or not. I totally believe that students can gain knowledge from other sources beside classes. In addition they need to improve their self-learning ability and apply their knowledge in the real world.

Students can get a lot of knowledge from many sources such as books, internet, TV and other medias. Nowadays, these sources are very popular and easily assessible. They contain many updated information with many attitudes of authors. These sources help students widen their knowledge. Plus, students can compare information they get with lessons their professor provides in classes. This not only help them understand the content of lessons clearly but also update new information relating to lectures.

Apart from learning from sources beside classes, students should improve their self-learning. Self-learning not only provides students with an opportunity to be independent but also help them be more active in learning. If students only go to classes everyday to study, they will denpend on their professors and teaching assistants. They only do assignments that their professors ask and only know information that professors provide. This make them become inactive persons. This also their disadvantage when they find or do their future job.

Finally students need to apply knowledge they have in the real world. In my opinion this is a part of learning. When students practice what they learn can know what is the different between the theory and the reality. This help them know what they need to study further. If students is required to attend classes, they may not have time to practice what they learn. I think it is really bad students who only know theory. This can prevent them from promotion in their career in the future.

Ultimately, attending class is important but it should be optional for students. Students can get much of knowledge from books, internet and many other medias beside classes. And they need more self-learning time and pratice what they study in the real world.