雅思大作文范文及解析:大学生收入更高应该承担学费

大学毕业生确实比教育程度低的人收入高，所以他们应该自己付全额学费。你同意还是不同意？

这是一道观点类大作文，讨论的是大学学费谁来承担的问题。题目本身包含了一个因果关系，审题时要注意一点，原因句“大学毕业生比教育程度低的人收入高”为背景句，无需讨论，有同学会对背景提出了质疑，是不符合本题的假设的前提的。下面，月半鸭带大家一起来看下具体观点。

首先来看这个观点的合理部分，有两方面。

一方面提出者认为大学毕业生能比其他人赚更多钱，这对他们自身是有利的，并且既然他们能获得更多的收入，那么他们应当有能力承担自己的学费。另一方面这样做也有利于政府减轻财政负担，可以将这部分费用投入到其他民生领域，比如基础建设和医疗。

但这个观点存在两个问题。

一是全额支付会让贫困家庭难以承担，即使孩子未来毕业后能获得更高收入，但并不代表在刚入学时他们就能负担学费，进而贫困家庭放弃大学学习的概率会提高。这样做即剥夺了那些贫困孩子公平接受大学教育的机会，也不利于社会层面缩小贫富差距。

二是大学教育作为政府建设的教育系统中的一部分，应当承担一部分费用。减轻一些个人费用可以鼓励更多人接受高等教育，进而有更多人才能够投入到社会的各行各业中，这些人才能够有效推动行业的发展或科学研究，对于社会整体是有利的。

In view of the fact that people who have college qualifications may enjoy prospects of higher earnings, some people, therefore, argue that tuition fees should be paid all by students themselves rather than be partially compensated by the government. Personally, I do not agree. 

One of the reasons is that paying the full cost means students from underprivileged families may find it impossible to afford the tuition fees required by the university. As a consequence, the drop-out rate among lower-income families might be increased. Worse still, the gap between the rich and the poor may be further enlarged since receiving higher education has always been regarded as a prerequisite of obtaining jobs with higher earnings.   

The second reason of not paying the full cost is that higher education is for public good, by which I mean ensuring that citizens receive higher education is crucial for social advances, not only for personal development. As a matter of fact, no matter what kind of occupation we have in the future, we will contribute to the country in our own way, such as being a tax-payer.

Admittedly, if college tuition is all paid by students themselves, the burden of the government will obviously be relieved. Therefore, more financial resources will be devoted to other civil constructions, such as building subways or medical care, which is also a way of making citizens’ lives much easier.  

To summarize, I am firmly convinced of that students should not pay the full cost of their college studies mainly because of the possible financial difficulties which will be faced by underpaid families as well as the nature of higher education. 

underprivileged/ underpaid/ lower-income families 贫困家庭

tuition fees 学费

drop out  辍学

further enlarge the gap between the rich and the poor 进一步加大贫富差距

 a prerequisite of  ……的前提条件

for public good 为了公众的利益

tax-payers 纳税人

relieve/ alleviate the burden of the government  缓解政府的财政压力

devote/ allocate financial resources to other civil constructions 把财政资源投入到其他文明建设中去