GMAT考试写作指导：Issue写作范文六二

　　62. This view of education seems to recommend that schools stress the unity of all

　　people instead of their diversity. White I agree that education should include teaching

　　students about characteristics that we all share, doing so need not necessarily entail

　　shifting focus away from our differences. Education can and should include both.

　　On the one hand. we are in the midst of an evolving global community where it is

　　increasingly important for people to recognize our common humanity, as well as

　　specific hopes and goals we all share. People universally prefer health to disease, being

　　nourished to starving, safe communities to crime-riddled ones, and peace to war.

　　Focusing on our unity will help us realize these hopes and goals. Moreover, in our

　　pluralistic democracy it is crucial to find ways to unify citizens from diverse

　　backgrounds. Otherwise, we risk being reduced to ethnic, religious or political factions

　　at war with one another, as witnessed recently in the former Yugoslavia. Our own

　　diverse society can forestall such horrors only if citizens are educated about the

　　democratic ideals, heritage, rights and obligations we all have in common.

　　On the other hand, our schools should not attempt to erase, ignore, or even play

　　down religious, ethnic or cultural diversity. First of all, schools have the obligation to

　　teach the democratic ideal of tolerance, and the best way to teach tolerance is to educate

　　people about different religions, cultures and so on. Moreover, educating people about

　　diversity might even produce a unifying effect―by promoting understanding and

　　appreciation among people from all backgrounds.

　　In conclusion, while it may appear paradoxical to recommend that education stress

　　both unity and diversity, it is not. Understanding our common humanity will help us

　　achieve a better, more peaceful world. Toward the same end, we need to understand our

　　differences in order to better tolerate them, and perhaps even appreciate them. Our

　　schools can and should promote both kinds of understanding by way of a balanced