Nowadays, some people proposed that all college students should take history courses. Although history may seem unrelated to some majors such as science and engineering, I firmly believe that students from all majors can benefit from history courses.

To begin with, the main goal of university education should not be preparing the society with students mastering a certain professional skill; it should be more about guiding students to find out what kind of person they want to be, and how can they achieve their goals. However, there are still universities creating working machines. As physics majored students at XXX University, our schedules are filled with all kinds of physics courses and experiments. I know that many of my classmates are tired of this life, but they do not know what they could do to pursue a happier life. This situation is very common among students at many universities in China. By taking history courses, students can learn the life stories of all kinds of people, which may help them to find their own answers to what they want, and how to achieve that.

Furthermore, learning history can offer us a better perspective for our own field of specialization. Upon absorbing the wisdom of previous people, we could make further innovations based on their study. For example, by studying the history of economic policies in China, an economist can give better advice to the government about maintaining the thriving of China’s economy. By learning the history of aircraft, an engineer can know the challenges in making an aircraft and may have ideas to overcome these challenges. When students start their professional careers in a certain field, the history courses they have taken in that field can significantly aid their career development.

In short, taking history courses can not only benefit students in finding the meaning of life but also in their professional careers. Therefore, I suggest that all university students should take history courses.

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Score: 56.2

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1. Excessive use of passive-voice sentences;
2. More than half of the sentences exceed 20 words;
3. Large number of conventions issues (need spacing between sentences).