Critical-Review-of--The-Decline-and-Fall-of-the-Br

1CriticalReviewofTheDeclineandFalloftheBritishUniversityIntroductionAsmoreandmorepeoplearepayingattentiontotheroleoftheuniversityplaysincontemporarysociety,theuniversityofmanycountriesisinclinedtogotheotherwayandgraduallydisappointthepublic.Withregardtothephenomenon,Dr.MarkTarver,atenuredlecturerintheUKbefore2007,inhisarticleTheDeclineandFalloftheBritishUniversityillustratesusthereasonwithhisownexperience.Hethinksthat,amongthesevariousreasons,theegalitarianismisthekeytoberesponsibleforthedeclineandfalloftheBritishuniversity.Meanwhile,heexpresseshisconcernstothefutureofBritishuniversity.Fromhisdemonstration,Dr.MarkTarverthrowslightuponthepresentsituationoftheBritishuniversity,theseriousconsequencesofegalitarianism.However,inmyopinion,hissolutiontoremedyingthesituationofthedeclineandfallofBritishuniversityisnotenoughandtosomeextentheistoopessimistic.SummaryDr.MarkTarverpresentsusthereasonofthedeclineandfalloftheBritishuniversityattwolevels.Firstly,itisthegeneralfactorslikepoorcommunication,expensivereadingmaterial,illiteracyandtheimpactofInternetthatinfluencethedeclineoftheBritishuniversity.Secondly,themostimportantistheegalitarianismoftheCultureRevolution,whichestablishessomenewsystemandthusproducemanybadeffects.Itbringsinconveniencetostudents,makesthelecturerbusywithpapersandsoon.Brieflyspeaking,itmakespeoplelivealie.Atlast,Dr.MarkTarveralsoanalysesthepresentunpleasantsituation,andexpresshisconcernsaboutthat.2ArgumentandevaluationInthearticle,attheverybeginning,Dr.MarkTarverexposesusofthereasonsofthedeclineandfalloftheBritishuniversity.Thenhecontinuestodetailedlylisttheaftermaththategalitarianismhasbeencaused.Hislogicandreasoningisexplicitandthorough.Seeingfromthewholestructure,itisalsoreasonable.Therefore,Iagreewithhim,especiallyoneofthepointthatwearelivingalie,otherwisewhytherearesomanycorruptionsofacademicideal.However,asalecturer,Dr.MarkTarvercouldhaveproposedussomepracticalsolutions.Ithinkitwouldbebetterifsomecomplementscouldbeadded.Alsothelanguageofthisessayistoospecificandauthentic.MarkTarverisaoutstandingwriter,heisgoodatwieldinglanguage.Althoughhisskillofwieldinglanguagemakeshisarticleveryremarkable,itactuallyincreasestheloadofmyreadingandunderstanding.Forexample,hewrotethat:Theyareinfact,thelastbastionsofmedievalismleftinmodernsocietyoutside,perhaps,thechurch.Likechurchestheyattractedacertaintypeofpersonwhodidnotsharethevaluesofthecommercialworld.Andtherearealsosomeotherexamplesinthisarticle,althoughthesesentencesareverydramatic,it’shardforus(Englishisnotourmotherlanguage)tounderstand.ConclusionAsavictimoftheuniversitysystemandegalitarianism,Dr.MarkTarvernotonlypointsouttheproblemsofthepresentuniversitysystemanditsconsequences,butalsoexpresseshisconcernsaboutthefutureoftheBritishuniversityandgivesuswarningsofwhatweshoulddonext.Heissodisappointedtothepresentuniversity'ssystemthathefinallyquitshisjob3asanoppositiontoit.Hisanalysisisboldandadequate.Nevertheless,Dr.MarkTarver,asalecturer,maybeconsideredasacriticortheoristsincehedoesnotgiveusconcretesolutions.AndIthinkheshouldnotbetoopessimisticwhenreferringtothestaffcrisis.