As varieties of information multiply, almost all people have to be exposed large amounts of views. In this case, some views might be similar to certain group of people, while other views might be totally different from theirs. As a result, I frequently think about which type of information I should receive. From a student’s perspective, the viewpoints different from mine would expand my vision and stimulate my creativity.

Since the outburst of the epidemic, people throughout the whole world are gradually losing the opportunities to expand their vision. Considering that it is quite indispensable for students enlarging their vision, students should expand their views by receiving different views. For example, one of my best friends who majors in economy, attains a precious chance to be an exchange student at UPenn. He tells me that different culture does cultivate different personality as well as value of people. His one-year-exchange experience not only provides him with an expanded vision, but a more promising future. For instance, he makes a comprehensive plan for his development.

As a common student in China, students have been taught to obey the rules since they were born. For instance, they have to fill the blanks in the test with a certain answer even the blanks have several answers. So, different views could absolutely stimulate students’ creativity. Take one of my classmates, an intelligent person who is skilled in computer programming as an example. In most of our computer exams, he was not able to get a high score because of his “wired” answers, which are different from the teacher’s. However, he was the only student in our school who won a golden prize in an international computer competition, which requires the ability to solve issues creatively. He admitted that it was the professor who encouraged him to learn different approaches to a certain problem helps him.

In fact, it is hard to discover the advantages of receiving similar views. On the contrary, with the benefits of expanding vision as well as stimulating creativity, people should receive different views.

Nowadays, in order to cultivate students’ team spirit, high schools and universities have required students to finish projects cooperatively. However, whether it is proper for all the members of the group to receive the same score on the project has been fiercely debated. As to me, the grade students attained should match their performance.

Admittedly, giving each student the same score did have some benefits. All the students, for instance, would be inspired to devote to the task, work efficiently as well as concentrate more on the project. In other words, they would not be distracted from the competence of pursuing the highest grade.

Nevertheless, the efficiency of the whole group could decrease if all individuals know that they would receive the same score eventually. Last semester, our teacher asked us to prepare for a presentation. The task was divided into seven parts while we only had five members in the group. As a result, only five parts were finished. And because every student knew that they would receive the same score in the end, no one offered to take the extra work.

Besides, students might fail to get trained through the task with this grading method. Projects in the college, commonly, are training-oriented. In this case, the projects are mainly aimed at improving the ability of collaboration. But grading every member of the group with the same mark would have nothing to do with training students. One of my friends, for example, are really willing to improve himself through the projects. Every time we were required to do some presentations, even the simplest task, his group could always surprise us with his skills and seriousness. Last time, however, when he was informed that every group member would receive the same score, he seemed to lose his passion and just simply finish the work for the work’s sake.

Needless to say, giving group members the same score has its advantages. But from my perspective, the grade every student receive should reflect their performance, or they will not work efficiently and lose passion.