"Most people choose a career on the basis of such pragmatic considerations as the needs of the economy, the relative ease of finding a job, and the salary they can expect to make. Hardly anyone is free to choose a career based on his or her natural talents or interest in a particular kind of work."

　　Few people, if asked, would list his interests as the first element considered when searching for a career, yet even fewer would believe people would find a job just because it is out of that person's own interest, especially when it does not have anything to do with the popular trend. However, I'd rather hold the opinion that these people do exist.

　　True indeed, it is just natural to base one's consideration on relative ease of finding a job and the salary of that job. Let me call it "to follow the economic trends". Catering the needs of society is following the economic trend, to weigh the ease and difficulty of finding a job is following the economic trend, moreover, bargaining on the salary is also following the economic trend. It is human nature to follow a trend. There seems to be a hidden promise that by doing so, one's decision is probably to go right and won't lose much. Why not? When all people rush to choose a specific job, say, a lawyer or a dentist, it must have great profits in it. To wait and see means to lose opportunities. Even if the majority all lose, the mutual destiny comforts everyone. On the other hand, choosing an appropriate salary shows another side of "following the trend". To earn and to compete makes up another part that urges people to find a so-called decent job. No wonder we see thousand of excellent middle-school students go to great lengths to distinguish themselves to enroll in law schools and business schools. They are following the trend! The economic trend tells them these schools will lead to a fine job.

　　However, I do believe there are individuals that make jobs out of their true love of something, disregarding any trends that other people run after. We've got plenty of examples of such people. I may not be able to name some, but I know that such "mavericks" scatter on different corners on the earth. Others may argue that ignoring the needs of economy will just keep their products away from the markets and thus their income is possibly low. In response, I'd tell them that "the needs of economy" is a relative concept. While most women follow the hair-style (usually led by fashion magazines) of letting it down, there are always a small population that holds to their own tastes of winding their hair up. In the similar way, the scare people who make products out of their own love will always have their scare but corresponding buyers. For them, find a job is not as easy as their counterparts mentioned above, but once they stick to their love and goal, they will make it!

　　In addition, not to follow the economic trend, to some extent, illustrates a new direction of all aspects of our economic process. Fashion cannot last long. Where they turn to a new point may well come from those people. In a sense, it is those individuals that are leading the trend, though in most cases they are unaware of it.

　　Last but not least, it is a great pleasure to base one's life on his or her natural talents or interest in a particular kind of work, no matter how much the salary is, no matter how people will react to it. This attitude releases them from the thousands anxieties that afflict other people. They may enjoy themselves so much when others are worrying about the inflation or the loss due to stock market. Those people aim to the true value of their products but not the day-to-day life. To them, working out of their true interests is more a part of his or her life, rather than a job to make a living on.

　　In short, it is all very well for people to follow the economic trends and to put many pragmatic considerations choosing a job. But the opposite group of people should never be regarded as poor guys that are not possibly to find a job. They will definitely "sell" while they enjoy their lives so much.

　　683字BY莹然

　　angeikim点评首先我们来分析一下这个题目,我的理解是：这个题目实际是说现实和理想的关系.还有就是一个人是不是free to choose a career based on his/her interest/talents.

　　这个题目还可以从社会给与个人的压力的方面来做,也就是我们经常说的peer pressure, keeping up w/ Jones等,因为这些都包括则他题目里面的pragmatic consideration.也是莹然作文里面说的‘Trend’

　　而我们反对这个题目的时候从另外一个角度:也就是大部分的人都是不是根据自己的能力或者兴趣来选择工作的.我们必须承认大部分的人都是普通的,具备特殊能力的人或者是我们平时所讲的天才,只是一部分,少数存在的现象.而我们选择工作时候,实际上是做了pragmatic consideration,也就是考虑自身所具备的真正的能力,也就是talents.所以从这个角度来说,题目是绝对的,考虑不完全的---我好像是在分析Argument :p

　　在分析题目的时候还可以举一些艺术商业化的例子.也就是在现在的社会里面,随着民主化的进步,社会也变得越来越包容并欣赏各种人的兴趣以及才能了,比如对艺术家,思想家,哲学家等的尊重.也就是说兴趣和才能是可以赚钱的,可以满足个人对经济的追求的.比如陈逸飞,他就是把艺术商业化了.还有国外的一些著名的服装品牌, parada, dessiley, channel, christina Dior,等等,还有一些艺术学院.

　　如果用支持的态度答这个题目的话，就要写现实与理想的对立，现实阻止理想的实现，或者说客观对主观的制约性。例子可以举的广泛一点，不止限于艺术方面。这样写起来也是比较有看头的。