Recently there have been many reports of a brand new system among universities, in which students
take part in evaluating their teachers. It turns a new page of advanced education in China, and will
have far-reaching effects in the forthcoming years.
The biggest benefit, in my eyes, is that teachers should do their best to improve not only their
specialized knowledge but also their teaching methods and skills in order to meet the needs of their
students. In addition, teachers will pay more attention to self-image so as to win respect from
students. Finally, the teacher-student relationship will be closer and more harmonious.
Apart from the benefits mentioned above, we should also face several unavoidable challenges. In the
first place, the students' evaluation of teachers cannot always be objective--it should be combined
with evaluation from authority and colleagues. In the second place, the most popular teacher may
neither be the most knowledgeable nor the one with the most advanced teaching methods. What's the
most important, some teachers may become indulgent with their students because of this new system--
they take advantage of some students' intention to pass the final examination easily, Only when we
deal with these problems successfully can we benefit the most from such a new system.