Some educational systems emphasize the development of student’s capacity for

reasoning and logical thinking, but students would benefit more from an
education that also taught them to explore their own emotions. What is more
opinion?

While the paramountcy of education is incontestable and inescapable, the

direction of its pivot sparks off an unending controversy between both the
academic circles and the general public alike. Some people assert that the
government should lay more emphasis on teaching students to get the hang of
their emotions, whereas others consider it is such a lopsided argument. It is my
firm conviction that inculcating students about logical thinking is much more
desirable in this day and age.

My first and foremost rationale for my standpoint is that in order to render a

prosperous and thriving country in the long run, educating critical and
perspicacious minds are more preferable/ is the lynchpin. The primary reason lies
in the fact that given the capricious landscape in this globalization era, anyone
who are equipped with a decent knowledge of the contemporary/topical
occurrence and aligned with an outstanding ability to come up with many novel
solutions darkening the world will prevail. Because with an up-to-date knowledge
of the global state of affairs, they can effortlessly anticipate social trends and
steer clear of many unsolicited upheavals; therefore, many well-though-out and
unerring decisions can be made and many achievements can be attained. As a
result, in all probability, the country with multitudinous ingenuous minds can bear
fruit and achieve long-standing prosperity. For instance, the situation that many
countries like Finland nowadays that have set an agenda on imbuing adolescents
with critical-thinking skills have topped the lists with regards to academic
achievements lends weight to this argument.

What’s more, it pains to me that indoctrinating students with emotions

understanding may generate many prejudicial mindsets. Although sufficient self-
exploration about their own emotions is of paramount importance given the
inherent characteristics of human, putting too much emphasis on self-
introspection may back fire and go back on the inherent doctrine. Because once
disproportionate accentuation on someone’s particular emotion, they can
gradually facilitate narcissism and egocentrism. In other words, this direction of
education can catalyze “me first” attitude towards other people. As a result, they
will have an avid belief that the others’ hallmarks pale in comparison with theirs
and therefore obliterate all opinions other than theirs. Therefore, the
aforementioned factors bear testimony the fact that excessive emphasis on
learning students’ own emotions to the detriment of developing critical thinking
can provoke deleterious mindsets with various misconceptions.

In the final analysis, it pains to me that although the essentiality of up-to-date

know-how about citizens’ own emotions given the personalities of humans, it
shouldn’t be granted inordinate attention due to the utmost importance of
resourceful and analytical minds in this unpredictable era.