Nowadays,collegestudentsarerequiredtotakepartinsomesocialpractice,suchasbeinganassistantincompanies,ordoingsurveys,especiallyduringtheholidays.SocialpracticeisgraduallybecomingmoreessentialforChina’shighereducation.However,socialpracticehasbothadvantagesanddisadvantagesforcollegestudents.
Ontheonehand,itprovidesstudentsmoreopportunitiestocontactwiththerealworldoff-campus;Besides,ithelpsstudentstograspsomepracticalskills,especiallycommunicationskills,whichisanessentialsupplementtoon-campusstudy;Moreover,socialpracticecanwidenstudents’vision.Ontheotherhand,thenegativeeffectscannotbeneglected:students’majortaskislearningknowledge,whilecuriosityaboutoff-campusworldmaydistractthem;Sometimessocialpracticeiseventreatedunseriouslyandbecomesawasteoftime;Furthermore,thestudentsmaybefacedwithdangersunexpectedly.
Despitethepotentialnegativeeffectsofsocialpractice,Istronglysupportsocialpracticeforcollegestudents,sinceasawhole,thebenefitsoverwhelmthelikelyharm.Twoheadsarebetterthanone,ifstudents,schools,andthesocietyjoinhandstogether,socialpracticecanbecarriedoutmoreeffectivelyandbetterarmedstudentsforthesocietycanbeexpected.