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Some people think university professors should spend more time doing research while others think they should spend more time educating students. The duty of the teacher in higher education is literally as complicated as it is. Reasonable as it looks at first sight, focusing more on instructing students does not complete the most value of a professor. Several factors, such as teaching skills, the quality of knowledge as well as the contribution to the society, contribute to the issue. Therefore, I note that the research deserves more attention from the professors. The reasons will be further illustrated as follows. First, teaching skills can be shaped through the process of research. When doing research, such as conducting the experiment, it is inevitable for professors to encounter certain problems and dilemmas. Once they successfully conquer the problems, they would have a whole brand new cognition towards the study. This new understanding stands for the improvement of their own ability and will facilitate the professor’s teaching skills. For example, back when I was in university, my tutor developed a fresh method of teaching in physics after his breakthrough in his research in friction study. In other words, spending more time in doing research will finally pay off in a professor’s improvement in teaching. Second, the students can benefit from the cutting-edge knowledge bred from the research. Given the fact that a professor is the major resource for a student to master the abstruse knowledge, which is hard to be learned by oneself, the professor is responsible to work diligently through research to impart the students with the newly outcome of the study. According to the survey carried out by Youth Magazine previously among the students in an anonymous university, 72% of students confided that they would rather have their professors spend more time in research for that the outcome of research will influence their depth of study to a large extent. While only 28% of students prefer to have their teachers care their study more. In order to bring the best knowledge to the students, professors are expected to spare no effort to their research. Third, the outcome of research will speed up the advancement of the society. Since professors in universities are normally of higher intellectual level, their research is closely connected with the state-of-the-art technology, which is key to the revolution to people’s life. If the professors put more attention to the research, a great chance is that they can bring about the change to the development of the society. For example, the famous communication tool Wechat was firstly devised in Wuhan university, China, in the research conducted by professor Zhang. In a very short time, this tool has become prevailing in people’s daily life and brought a lot of convenience to the daily work. All things considered, I reckon that it would be a wise decision if professors in university spend more time doing research for the benefits discussed above. 我们的网站已上线http://www.gonuts.cn 我们的豆瓣托福小组：http://www.douban.com/group/311225/ 我们的豆瓣托福小站：http://site.douban.com/177416/ 也可通过以下方式联系我们哦： 新浪微博：坚果教育（蓝V哦~） 人人公共主页：坚果教育 QQ群： 群1：227849230 群2：278513340 分享专业托福资料，讨论备考疑问。 用微信的童鞋可以搜索微信公众号“toeflnuts”加我们为好友