雅思写作高分范文：上大学是为了工作吗

If people are asked why students go to university, I believe that many of
the answers would be: to find a good job! It is true that job commitment is an
important function of higher education. However, I think it has other
functions.
For one thing, students learn to be independent in university. For many, if
not all, of my schoolmates, entering university is the first time to leave home
and live on their own. It is hard for them at first, but to my mind this is
certainly an essential part of one’s life, or else they may continue to receive
parental care without getting mature as early as they should.
For another thing, students know better how to get along with people during
the four years’ university life. As we know, nowadays, many Chinese children are
the only child at home and thus unlike people of the previous generations who
have brothers and sisters, they know little about how to be tolerant and
considerate to people around them. There is no doubt that universities provide
us with an opportunity to learn to do s for example, we have to think of others
instead of only ourselves when we share a dormitory room with others.
Lastly, besides imparting knowledge, university teachers also tell their
students how to be a decent person in the rest of their life. For instance,
students may learn how to be generous, think critically, be responsible for
themselves, their family and work, etc. It is not a rare case for a student to
change for the better under the influence of his university teacher.
To conclude, university education does not only prepare the students for a
future job, but also teaches them important things that are to be useful all
their life.