Although a number of personal traits are developed during university studies, some human qualities cannot be nurtured through this academic experience. I agree with this opinion and will support my position by considering both sides of the statement.
Firstly, university experience can be seen as an effective platform for developing the personal qualities that may help a student to succeed professionally in the future. Thus, self-organization, both short-term and long-term planning, and punctuality are just a few examples of character traits that young people normally train during their university years as those are critical for students to perform well academically. Expanding intellect is another key quality that stems from university coursework because it inevitably shapes personality and determines future career and life path for a student.
However, it should also be noted that personal qualities needed for effective communication, known as soft skills, are not usually directly nurtured by tertiary studies. One group of such qualities facilitate contact with the outer world and may include morality, kindness or consideration; these are all cultivated beyond academia. In addition, university can hardly develop the qualities that define a person’s general life perception, namely emotional competence, sense of purpose or self-motivation, which are products of other factors and circumstances not related to formal education.
As shown above, not every personal quality can be acquired as a result of time spent at a university. Qualities related to professional ethic can be developed through academic studies, but a realm of soft skills is rather adopted from life experience.
It was a great day yesterday. My friends and I WENT to see a performance at the Bolshoi Theatre. You certainly know that the Bolshoi Theatre is the MOST FAMOUS theatre in Russia and probably in the world. But not everyone KNOWS the history of the Bolshoi Theatre. According to historical documents, it BEGAN in March 1776 when Prince Pyotr Urusov was granted Royal permission to build a public theatre in Moscow. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, was fond of arts. She DID NOT MIND having a new theatre in her country. The original building of the theatre had a hall with almost 1,000 seats, a stage and an orchestra pit. Directly over the stage there WERE boxes where the most noble fans of the theatre had their seats. The theatre has changed several times during ITS history. The building we can see today opened in 1825. It WAS DESIGNED by architect Andrei Mikhailov who was also the architect of the Maly Theatre. Since that time, the building has been rebuilt and renovated several times. Now it looks beautiful from the inside and outside. If I HAD the opportunity to go there more often, I would do it every week.
Although a number of personal traits are developed during university studies, some human qualities cannot be nurtured through this academic experience. I agree with this opinion and will support my position by considering both sides of the statement.
Firstly, university experience can be seen as an effective platform for developing the personal qualities that may help a student to succeed professionally in the future. Thus, self-organization, both short-term and long-term planning, and punctuality are just a few examples of character traits that young people normally train during their university years as those are critical for students to perform well academically. Expanding intellect is another key quality that stems from university coursework because it inevitably shapes personality and determines future career and life path for a student.
However, it should also be noted that personal qualities needed for effective communication, known as soft skills, are not usually directly nurtured by tertiary studies. One group of such qualities facilitate contact with the outer world and may include morality, kindness or consideration; these are all cultivated beyond academia. In addition, university can hardly develop the qualities that define a person’s general life perception, namely emotional competence, sense of purpose or self-motivation, which are products of other factors and circumstances not related to formal education.
As shown above, not every personal quality can be acquired as a result of time spent at a university. Qualities related to professional ethic can be developed through academic studies, but a realm of soft skills is rather adopted from life experience.
It was a great day yesterday. My friends and I WENT to see a performance at the Bolshoi Theatre. You certainly know that the Bolshoi Theatre is the MOST FAMOUS theatre in Russia and probably in the world. But not everyone KNOWS the history of the Bolshoi Theatre. According to historical documents, it BEGAN in March 1776 when Prince Pyotr Urusov was granted Royal permission to build a public theatre in Moscow. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, was fond of arts. She DID NOT MIND having a new theatre in her country. The original building of the theatre had a hall with almost 1,000 seats, a stage and an orchestra pit. Directly over the stage there WERE boxes where the most noble fans of the theatre had their seats. The theatre has changed several times during ITS history. The building we can see today opened in 1825. It WAS DESIGNED by architect Andrei Mikhailov who was also the architect of the Maly Theatre. Since that time, the building has been rebuilt and renovated several times. Now it looks beautiful from the inside and outside. If I HAD the opportunity to go there more often, I would do it every week.