GMAT考试写作指导：Issue写作范文八七

　　87. As technology and changing social needs render more and more jobs obsolete,

　　who is responsible for helping displaced workers adjust? While individuals have

　　primary responsibility for learning new skills and finding work, both industry and

　　government have some obligation to provide them the means of doing so.

　　l agree that individuals must assume primary responsibility for adjusting to job

　　obsolescence, especially since our educational system has been preparing us for it. For

　　decades, our schools have been counseling young people to expect and prepare for

　　numerous major career changes during their lives. And concerned educators have

　　recognized and responded to this eventuality with a broader base of practical and

　　theoretical coursework that affords students the flexibility to move from one career to

　　another.

　　However, industry should bear some of the responsibility as well. It is industry,

　　after all, that determines the particular directions technological progress and subsequent

　　social change will take. And since industry is mainly responsible for worker

　　displacement, it has a duty to help displaced workers adjust―through such means as

　　on-site training programs and stipends for further education.

　　Government should also assume some of the responsibility, since it is partly

　　government money that fuels technological progress in industry. Moreover, government

　　should help because it can help―for example, by ensuring that grants and federally

　　insured student loans are available to those who must retool in order to find new work.

　　Government can also help by observing and recording trends in worker displacement

　　and in job opportunities, and by providing this information to individuals so that they

　　can make prudent decisions about their own further education and job searches.

　　In conclusion, while individuals should be prepared for future job changes, both

　　government and industry shoulder obligations to provide training programs, funding and

　　information that will help displaced workers successfully retool and find new