Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Teachers should be paid according to how well his or her students perform. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
你是否同意以下观点？老师薪水的多少应该根据其学生的表现来决定。请用具体的理由和事例来说明。
I do not agree that teachers should be paid according to how well their students perform. I've heard a saying: “Education is 90% student and 5% teacher.” I pretty much believe this.
I have seen other students I consider lazy; they don't do their homework or participate in class. Despite teacher's encouragement, sometimes even teacher's anger and punishment, they still do not participate in their own education. These students lead privileged lives at home. Their parents have money and position and they know they will get a job based on their parents-connections“ and will someday inherit their parents' wealth. They have no motivation to study, no matter what the teacher does.
In other cases I have seen, the student has a very troubled life at home, parents constantly arguing or divorced and the child lives with one parent who is angry at the other parent and always telling the child how bad the other parent is. This is depressing and distracting to them. In these cases too, the teacher has tried various remedies, even calling in the parent or parents, but it has not helped.
Should the good teacher be held responsible for these situations? Of course not.
Even if the teacher is not a good teacher, the students themselves take a more active role in their education by studying the texts and doing outside reading on their own. Even in cases where the teachers are considered good, I've seen other students go beyond what the teacher assigns to work harder to learn on their own. In some cases, the parents, too, are very helpful in encouraging better student performance than even the best teachers can do.
Should the bad teacher get credit for this situation? Of course not.
Thus I am convinced that the teacher should not be paid according to how well students do.
