Value of Knowledge
In the Information Age, public awareness of the value of knowledge critically affects the economic growth of a nation. The schematic diagram clearly shows how the value of knowledge evolved in China in the past 50 years.
The schematic diagram mainly consists of three parts. From 1950 to 1966, the curve was roughly a straight line slightly above zero, showing that China was a poorly-educated nation then. In 1966, the curve drastically dropped below zero, moving down hopelessly in the next 11 years. This period coincided with the "Culture Revolution". Our society went mad then, books were burned, schools were closed and all kinds of academic activities were banned. Knowledge inflicted its masters nothing but disasters. Life was a nightmare for Chinese intellectuals, including famous scholars as well as common people who received higher education or whose profession had anything to do with knowledge. It was a time when ignorance was a virtue and knowledge was a crime. People tried desperately to be away from knowledge. As a result, China lagged farther behind the rapid progressing world. This was the darkest time in the history of New China. The curve returned to its original non-zero position around 1978 and moved up but slowly. From 1984 on, it has been shooting up. The open-up policy encourages people to study and to channel their knowledge to the market economy. Millions of Chinese are bettering off by means of their knowledge and more Chinese enjoy the fruits of knowledge and say goodbye for good to poverty that haunted them for generations.
As our world is rapidly advancing towards the Information Age, increasing number of people realize that knowledge is power and creativity is everything. Only when China becomes a better educated nation, can China be a great nation with international prestige.
In the Information Age, public awareness of the value of knowledge critically affects the economic growth of a nation. The schematic diagram clearly shows how the value of knowledge evolved in China in the past 50 years.
The schematic diagram mainly consists of three parts. From 1950 to 1966, the curve was roughly a straight line slightly above zero, showing that China was a poorly-educated nation then. In 1966, the curve drastically dropped below zero, moving down hopelessly in the next 11 years. This period coincided with the "Culture Revolution". Our society went mad then, books were burned, schools were closed and all kinds of academic activities were banned. Knowledge inflicted its masters nothing but disasters. Life was a nightmare for Chinese intellectuals, including famous scholars as well as common people who received higher education or whose profession had anything to do with knowledge. It was a time when ignorance was a virtue and knowledge was a crime. People tried desperately to be away from knowledge. As a result, China lagged farther behind the rapid progressing world. This was the darkest time in the history of New China. The curve returned to its original non-zero position around 1978 and moved up but slowly. From 1984 on, it has been shooting up. The open-up policy encourages people to study and to channel their knowledge to the market economy. Millions of Chinese are bettering off by means of their knowledge and more Chinese enjoy the fruits of knowledge and say goodbye for good to poverty that haunted them for generations.
As our world is rapidly advancing towards the Information Age, increasing number of people realize that knowledge is power and creativity is everything. Only when China becomes a better educated nation, can China be a great nation with international prestige.
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第1个回答 2008-12-22
Nowadays,INTERNET is so important that we can hardly do jobs without it.But every coin has 2 sides,INTERNET also has many disadvantages. The details are as follows.
On one hand,INTERNET has many advantages.We usually search information or send E-mails for study for it can rise the working efficient.Online-shopping is a new and convenient way to buy things so that it is also popular among the young people.So we can inferm that the INTERNER has a lot of advantages.
On the other hand,INTERNET also has many poor sides.Spending so many time on online games is almost the worst.The result is that people may find they have less interest in the work and study and than getting in a poor circle.Another aspect is that lacking the face-to-face communication,the chatting and trade on the INTERNET become less and less believeable.So we can inferm that INTERNET has many disadvantages.
As the reasons concluded above, the INTERNET has both advantages and disadvantages.Only when we accept the postive aspects and get rid of the poor ones,the INTERNET will be our true and reliable friend.
On one hand,INTERNET has many advantages.We usually search information or send E-mails for study for it can rise the working efficient.Online-shopping is a new and convenient way to buy things so that it is also popular among the young people.So we can inferm that the INTERNER has a lot of advantages.
On the other hand,INTERNET also has many poor sides.Spending so many time on online games is almost the worst.The result is that people may find they have less interest in the work and study and than getting in a poor circle.Another aspect is that lacking the face-to-face communication,the chatting and trade on the INTERNET become less and less believeable.So we can inferm that INTERNET has many disadvantages.
As the reasons concluded above, the INTERNET has both advantages and disadvantages.Only when we accept the postive aspects and get rid of the poor ones,the INTERNET will be our true and reliable friend.
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