In some cultures, children are often told that they can achieve anything if they try
hard enough. What are the advantages and disadvantages of giving children this
message?
Through the evolution of time, people never stop debating about whether it is
appropriate or not for people to teach children that they can accomplish anything if
they put lots of effort on it. From my point of view, the benefits of giving children this
message far outweigh the drawbacks of it. Primary advantages associated with the
trend are as follows.
One crucial benefit is directing the kid to learn. During the period of childhood, when
we first ever learn to tackle our own desire, parents usually tell us to finish the task
at first such as finish eating dinner, cleaning up personal stuff …etc., then parents will
fulfill the needs of kids. This is probably how children indirectly get the message of
trying hard makes the goal accomplished. Admitted, it is a crucial way for parents to
cater children’s desire while helping children to pick up some knowledge or even
good habits. This help the kids get to know the world.
However, later on, parents should also emphasize the probability of failing even if we
try hard. What’s more, parents should also keep their eyes on children to support
them dealing with the negative emotion while children unsuccessfully making their
goals. As a result, kids can not only establish a positive attitude to chase for the
dream, but also set a healthy mentality of accepting the chances of failure and can
restart pursuing the goal until the day of accomplishment.
In conclusion, it’s evident that telling the children that they can achieve anything if
they give it a shot is a really great idea, which can help the kids to learn and to be
ambitious.
The pie chart depicts what Anthropology students choose to do after graduated from
one university. And the table shows the incomes of Anthropology graduates after 5
years of work in three different type of employment. Seen together, the figure
suggests a link between the destination and the salaries of Anthropology graduates.
The majority of Anthropology graduates get full-time job right after they leave the
school, at 52% of total graduates. 15% of graduates do part-time work as their first
job in their life which is just under three times as much as those who get full-time
job. Graduates who are unemployed account for 12% of total amount. Comparing
with others, the rest of three categories (full-time postgrad study, part-time work+
postgrad study, not known) are the only three under 10 percentage, with 8%, 5% and
8% respectively.
When it comes to types of employment that Anthropology graduates select, the
table divides into three genres which are Freelance consultants, Government sector
and Private companies. As can be seen from the table, it’s apparent that those who
work for government have the highest probability to earn more than $100,000 after
5 years of work (50%). Following this is 40% for freelance consultants and 30% for
private companies with the lowest percentages of $100,000. In private companies,
those who have fixed income about $50000-74999 constitute 35% of total amount,
which is just over twice as much as both the freelance consultants (15%) and the
government sector’s employee (15%).