TheInternet—ABlessingorCurse?NowadayscollegestudentsoftenusetheInternetforstudy,shopping,entertainment,andmanyotherthings.SomepeoplesaythattheInternetfacilitatesstudents’lives,butothersworrythatitmightaffectstudents’study.Inmyopinion,theInternetisgoodforcollegestudentswhenitisusedappropriately.TheInternetisgoodforcollegestudents.First,studentscancollectmanykindsofinformationviatheInternet.(linkage)Whenstudentsfindsomethinginterestinginthebook,buttheirteachercannotgivethemmoredetailsoransweralltheirquestionsinclass,theycansearchtheInternetafterclasstofindthedetailsoranswersbythemselves.Second,theInternetkeepsstudentsupdatedwithwhatishappeningallovertheworld.(linkage)Justbybrowsingtheweb-page,studentscanreadalotofnews.TheycanalsotypeonsomekeywordstosearchandfollowanyaffairontheInternet.Theydon’thavetosearchpilesofnewspapersandthussavemuchtimeforstudy.Inoneword,theInternetfacilitatesstudents’liveswhenitisusedreasonably.NowmoreandmorecollegestudentsarebecomingawareoftheconvenienceandtheimportanceofusingtheInternet.Isitwisetobuyorborrowbooks?Inthepast,peopleusedtoholdakindofthoughtthatpeoplewouldcertainlyfailtoreadabookeffectivelyunlessitwasborrowed.Althoughalotofpeoplewanttoborrowthebookstheylikefromtheirfriendsorpubliclibraries,Ipreferbuyingabooktoborrowingone.Buyingbookshassomeadvantages.Firstly,youneedn’tcareaboutthedeadline.Youareenjoyingthebook,especiallysomereferencebooks,becauseyoucancertainlykeepthebook.Wheneveryouwanttoreadit,youcangetitfromyourbookshelf.Secondly,ifyouborrowsomebooksfromthepubliclibrariesandyourfriends,youaren’tallowedtowriteonthebooks.Youhavetospendalotoftimeincopyingdowntheinformationwhichyouneedinyourownnotebook.Inaddition,ifyouunfortunatelymakesomemistakesduringcopying,thesemistakesmaymisleadyou.Finally,thepubliclibrariesareopentoallpeople,butthebooksinlibraryarelimited.Ifdifferentreaderswanttoborrowthesamebookatthesametime,someofthereaderscan’tgetthebookuntilotherreadersreturnthebooktothelibrary.Asaresult,someofthereadershavetospendtimeinwaitingfortwoorthreeweeks.Allinall,inmyopinion,nowadayspeoplecaneasilybuy(some)booksfrombookstores.Iconsiderthatbuyingbooksismuchmoreconvenientthanborrowingbooks.WillElectronicDictionariesKillPrintedDictionariesManypeopletodayprefertouseelectronicdictionariesratherthanprintedones,becauseelectronicdictionariesaremuchlighterandsmallerandeasiertobetakeneverywhere.Somepeopleworrythatprinteddictionariesmaydisappearoneday.ButIbelievethatelectronicdictionarieswillnotkillprintedones.First,printeddictionariesaremuchcheaperthantheelectronicones.Manystudents,whousedictionariesmostoften,canhardlyaffordanexpensiveelectronicdictionary.Therefore,theprintedonesareexactlywhattheyneed.Second,scholarspreferprinteddictionariestoelectronicones.Holdingathick,heavydictionaryiswhatateacherusedtodo,andIbelievethattheywillliketokeepthishabit.Third,onlytheprinteddictionariescanbecolletedintolibrariesorbeputonourprivatebookshelves.Wemayuseanelectronicdictionaryveryoften,butwewillnevercollectit,sinceit'sdesignedtobeused,nottobecollected.Ofcourseelectronicdictionarieswillbemorepopularinthefuture,becausetheyarereallyconvenient.Buttheprintedonesarestillneededandwillnotbereplaced.Thetwokindsofdictionariesarejustcomplementarytoeachother.ShouldUniversitiesGivePrioritytoPracticalCoursesforStudentsBecauseofthedemandsinthejobmarket,studentswithhotdegreessuchascomputerscienceorfinancearemorelikelytogetajobthanstudentswithacolddegreelikegeography.Somepeoplesaythatuniversitiesshouldgiveprioritytopracticalcoursesforstudents.ButIthinkthattraditionalcoursesareequallyimportantanduniversitiesshouldnotgiveprioritytopracticalcourses.First,bothpracticalandtraditionalcoursesareneededinourcountry.Studentswhodowellindifferentcoursescanhelptodevelopdifferentaspectsofourcountryaftertheirgraduation.Forexample,oursocietyneedsnotonlypeoplewhocanhelptodevelopeconomyandtechnology,butalsopeoplewhocancontributethemselvestoliteratureandeducation.Second,ifuniversitiesgiveprioritytopracticalcourses,morestudentswillchoosethosehotdegrees.Whenthesestudentsgraduate,theywillhavetofightharderforajobbecausetherewillbetoomanyapplicantswiththesamedegrees.Thiswillinturncauseanimbalanceofsupplyanddemandinthejobmarket.Inoneword,bothpracticalcoursesandtraditionalcoursesareimportant,anduniversitiesshouldnotgiveprioritytoeitherside.ShouldWeHelpStrangers?Weusedtoappreciatethosewholiketohelpstrangers.Butnowadayspeopletendtobeverycautiousofstrangers,becausetheyareafraidthathelpingotherscansometimesbringthemtrouble.Inmyopinion,weshouldtryourbesttohelpothersinareasonableway.Weshouldtrytohelpothers,nomattertheyarestrangersornot.First,helpingothersisavirtue,anditwillmakeoursocietymoreharmonious.Justimaginewhataterribleworlditwouldbeifeveryonewascoldhearted!Second,tosomeextent,helpingothersishelpingoneself.Wemaycomeacrosssometroubleandneedothers'helpsomeday.Ifeveryoneturnsablindeyetoourtroubleandturnsadeafeartoourappealforaidjustbecausewearestrangerstothem,whatshallwedoatthattime?Therefore,weshouldbegladtohelpothers.