Along with the development of our education, today most universities have offered various electives for students to choose and study. However, some people claim that these elective courses have very little effect on spreading knowledge and students” development because what students concern about when choosing electives are so different.
There are various kinds of reasons for choosing electives and I list some in here. Primarily, the most important and wide factor students concern about is the teachers of the courses. Instead considering the quality of the teacher, or the form or style the teacher will take or act in the course, they just want to make sure that the teacher they choose will never keep trace of their attendance and let them fail in their exams. In addition, a large number of students choose their elective courses aiming to get a high score but never consider what they will learn and how to apply to it. What”s worse, some students choose their electives just they are forced by their schools” institution demand and their score need.
As far as I am concerned, I advocate that the most important thing we should concern about when choosing electives is our personal interests. The most worthy meaning for these electives is to broaden our horizon and extend our knowledge as much as possible and to complement our major and compulsory courses. Therefore, what electives we choose should be in accordance with our interests and our career planning instead of aiming to make high score or pass the exam.