College professors often find themselves in a dilemma between research and teaching given their limited time. If they could grasp the focus of their work responsibility, it would be a cure for this dilemma. Form my perspective, a college professor should give priority to doing research.

To begin with, professors should not pour too much attention into educating students. In this rapidly changing world, university graduates lacking independent learning capability often find it challenging to adapt themselves to work requirements. Thus, the university should be a place that inspires students to study by themselves. Additionally, in high school, teachers are readily available to students due to the small class scale. In comparison, college lectures are often presented hundreds of students, thereby precluding a professor heeding various scientific puzzles.

Moreover, doing research can also facilitate professors’ academic career. Generally speaking, a professor’s status depends not only on whether his class is favored by students bu also on his contributions to academic circles. However, professors who are immersed in research are more likely to achieve academic success. For instance, my uncle is an Architecture professor at Tsinghua University. At the end of 2020, he had come up with a new design concept that hospital could make an efficient adjustment to unexpected pandemics such as COVID-19. The result of his research made him an instant celebrity, so an increasing number of students and scholars followed his fame into attending to his lecture. Tsinghua University also awarded him an honor.

In a nutshell, in order for students to fuel the thinking of autonomous learning to keep pace with this dynamic world, and for professors themselves to shift their academic status towards better, college professors should regard doing research as their main responsibility.

Giving a glimpse into college education, university professors play an important role in cultivating talents. There are different standpoints regarding the primary duty of a college professor. Some argue that professors should pay more attention to educating than doing research, while I personally hold a completely opposite perspective.

To begin with, a college professor is not competent to individual education for each student.   In high school, students generally acquire knowledge from what teachers taught us during class time and reinforcing it through loads of test. Students can often discuss problems with teachers face to face. Since the scale of every class is so small that teachers have easier access to their students. In comparison, a college lecture always allows hundreds of students to listen, meaning that one professor is dealing with students far more than those in high school. It is horrible for professors to focus on numerous puzzles waiting for his or her advice after a lecture. Therefore, college students have to learn how to overcome challenges by themselves, which benefits students to cultivate independence.

Moreover, to do research facilitates personal development of professors. Coming up with new concepts or solving difficult academic puzzles that has plagued the world for many years is of positive significance to professors and cultivating students. For instance, my uncle is a mathematics professor in Peking University. He told me that he had written and published an SCI paper, giving rise to his reputation be immensely boosted in the science field. Undoubtedly, he now could offer his students a new perspective about the great research as well as experience accumulated in research.

In a nutshell, after minutely narrating accepted reasons and exemplifications mentioned above, I insist that a professor should be allowed to devote a significant amount of time to his or her individual research. In this case, students are more willing to try their best to think independently; And professors gain a greater sense of accomplishment due to his or her better development.