Specialists and Generalists.

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In the 21st century, the society and technology develop rapidly, leading our life better and more complicated. As the high technology is involved in our daily lives and replaces some human beings' works, it affects the demands of professional persons such as generalists and specialists. Generalists can provide a great deal of information on many topics of interest with a big range of ideas. And specialists are persons who solve problems or fixing things in depth methods, concentrate on some specific fields. Some people say that specialists too abundant to need, because of the high technology. We need more generalists who can provide broad perspectives rather than specialists. In my opinion, it is wrong. The specialists are necessary to need as well as generalists.

Specialists are necessary to gain a better understanding of more in depth methods to solve problems or fixing things. One good example of why specialists are necessary is in the medical field. Doctors are necessary for people to live healthy. When a person is sick, he/she may go to a general practitioner to find out the cause of his/her problems. Usually, this kind of generalised doctors can help most patients with simple and effective treatments. Sometimes, house doctors cannot diagnose or solve the patients' problems based on his/her knowledge. When a sickness progresses or becomes diagnosed as a disease that requires more cares than a house doctor can provide. The patients may be referred to a specialist. For instance, a house doctor may suggest a patient whom has constant breathing problem to visit specialists in the hospital. Since a house doctor has a great deal of knowledge of medicine, he/she can decide when his/her methods are not effective and the patient needs to see someone who knows more about the specific problems. These kinds of persons know how it begins, progresses, and specified treatments. According to Dutch Health Legislation (WHO, accessed on 14 December 2003), the house doctors have the responsibilities to suggest or sent the patients to the specialists, if sicknesses are diagnosed as diseases or cannot be diagnosed. As the example and Dutch Health Legislation of how a generalised person may not be equipped enough to handle something as well as a specialist can, they strongly support that specialists are necessary.
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Another example of a specialist who is needed instead of a generalist involves teaching. In the kindergarten, children learn all the basic principles of reading, writing, and speaking. But as children get older and progress in the school, they gain a better understanding of the language and mathematical knowledge. As they grow up in the school, they need to learn more and more specifics and details about various subjects. They start out by learning basic math concepts such as addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication. A few years later, they are ready to begin algebraic concepts, geometry, and calculus. ...

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