In current society, we come across too many people who put too much emphasis on certificates. In
many cases, the certificates college students achieved has become the sole criterion for judging a
person, deciding whether he can get the upper hand in the competitive employment market.
I argue that we should not put too much emphasis on certificates. To begin with, we should not take
it for granted that those who hold one or two important certificates will naturally do a good job.
Some certificates turn out to be useless to their future careers. Moreover, it adds to their financ-
ial burden when some students spare no expense to attend training classes and take various exams.
What worries me most is that, spending so much valuable time preparing certificate exams will proba-
bly distract college students from studying their majors and cultivating their capabilities, which
count more than their prospect.
All that has been discussed above points to the fact that we need to carry out several measures to
promote a rational attitude towards the issue among college students. First, we should call on them
to attach more importance to their majors. Second, we should make it known to students that applica-
tion and ability are more valuable than certificates themselves. Hopefully these measures will prev-
ent students from following the trend blindly.