Sem-I: English

Why Go To University

1.Discuss your views about going to university. Do you agree or disagree with the writer? Why? Is he overselling, underselling, or providing a balanced view of higher education?

Most undergraduate degrees are three years long but it could take 4 if you do a placement year; so why would you want to be in education for 3 or 4 more years? The answer may be as follows.
Study something you love
While you are at school, you will study many different subjects, some that you will enjoy some that you might not, but at university you will get to choose what to study. And of course the qualification you receive could lead to your dream job.
Independence
Although you can stay at home and study at an institution near you, a lot of students chose to move away from home which is a huge challenge and a fantastic experience. It is a good start to living independently. You can go home for holidays and weekends and you can always move back home after-wards.
Experience
Many people come to university to experience 'university life'. You get to meet a huge range of people from a wide variety of places. You get a chance to learn different culture and different lifestyles of different people. Get chance to experience a different aspect of life in university.
Choices
There are many universities and hundreds of courses to choose from and hopefully you have a course in mind that you may like to study. If you enjoy the subject and find it interesting, university allows you to explore and expand your knowledge for three/four years, normally with the use of fantastic facilities and experts in that subject who teach you. The range of subjects is amazing; with over 50,000 courses available to study at higher education and over 350 places you can study.
Social Life
The social side of being a student is a very important part of the experience. You get to socialize and take advantage of some fantastic facilities right on your doorstep. You will meet people from all around the world. Many universities have a high proportion of international students, so learning about other ways of life and cultures could be part of everyday life for you.
If you speak to anyone who has been to university, you will find that most will have made some of their best friends while being a student. Your time at university will be hard work, but it will also be fun and full of life changing experiences.
Jobs
Graduates are much more likely to get a job, particularly at a 'professional' level and traditionally earn more than those who have not gone onto higher education and therefore have a greater choice of jobs to apply for. When they are working, graduates earn about a third more money than non-graduates. If you want to work in certain areas like medicine, teaching or law, you'll need a degree in the subject before you start.
It is not just your academic skills that employers look for
By going to university, you will gain more independence and confidence. At university you won't have teachers chasing you up for work, making sure you have done your homework or that you are turning up to class. You will be treated as an adult and you must be independent and disciplined enough to do things on your own. It is this determination, self-discipline and confidence that will make you stand out from everyone else - and hopefully land you that amazing job.

Yes I do agree with the writer. Whatever reasons the writer discussed in the essay “Why go to university”, are very much true. Today’s world is very competitive and to compete in this world we all need to be well educated and must possess knowledge of everything, which is only possible by going to university. Going to university provides higher social standings; our societies value those who are learned. The ways of judging an educated and uneducated person are different in our society. Learning something also inspire us to learn more about that thing. Especially university education inspires us to know more and it helps to broaden our mind and social horizons. Educated people are respected in the society. The word university itself explains that universe + city, it means university education is not limited with some particular part of universe; it gives the education information about the universe.
He is not overselling or underselling the view. He is providing a balanced view of higher education. The writer explains about the facts that we really gain through university education. Without university education there are a lot of things that are not possible to perform and by which it will be a barrier to our success.



2.Do you agree with Nissani’s idea that education is supremely valuable? Give reasons for your answer.

Yes, I agree with Nissani’s idea that education is supremely valuable. As we all know the importance of education in this 21st century. Only educated people are getting good jobs and lots of opportunities. Educated people are counted in respected people’s list. Educated people can distinguish between the right and wrong. Educated people look to the positive aspects of many things whereas an uneducated person only thinks of negative. Education is the means through which the sense of equity born from. Education helps in the development of the country and also yourself. Education also lays a foundation for sustained economic growth. Education sharpens your mind and skill and make ready to go out in this competitive universe.

At last, whatever people say it is very useful to go to the university not only for the purpose of getting knowledge but also for the stamp in our resume, and the competencies we develop. The knowledge we gain in high school is not complete and is not enough, so we have to make sure we get it all from the university.

Keeping Errors at Bay

According to Bertrand Russell, to avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind’s are prone, no superhuman genius is required. A few simple rules will keep us, if not from all errors, but from silly errors. To avoid the errors he suggests to:

Make careful observation:
-If the matter is one that can be settled by observations, one shouldn’t hesitate to make observation himself. In this case, one shouldn’t think that he/she doesn’t need that observation because he/ she think he has known it beforehand when he/she actually is not. Thinking that we know when in fact we don’t is a fatal mistake, to which we are all used to.

Ride away from dogmatism:
How to ride away from dogmatism?
-A good way of ridding ourselves from certain kind of dogmatism is to become aware of opinions held in social circles different from our own. TO do this one can live outside his/her country for few years. One can go for travel time and again. If one cannot travel or seek out people with whom he/she disagrees, he/she can read for e.g. a newspaper belonging to a party that’s not his/her. These steps are very profitable in diminishing the intensity of insular prejudice. However becoming aware of foreign customs, doesn’t always have a beneficial effect]
-For those who have enough psychological imagination can imagine an argument with a person having different bias to overcome own prejudice.

Be cautious of opinions that flatter our self -esteem.

Admit our own fears to ourselves, and guard ourselves by a difficult effort of will against their myth.