亚太地区
徐亮老师点评：
参考分析：个人层面关注现在(学习喜欢的专业而并非更容易未来挣钱的)。从社会层面而言，要考虑未来(企业发展考虑环境;政府要考虑未来可能产生的社会问题，比如就业，医疗，灾难)。无论是critical还是细节思路和举例，都是我在课堂上提到的。
单向思维一：已未雨而绸缪勿临渴而掘井;二：把每一天当成最后一天来活在当下，不然人死了钱还在;辩证思维之接地气版：关心老年人的今天就是关心我们的明天;辩证思维之文艺复刻版：每一个真实的现在都是曾经幻想的未来：connecting the dots，做好了今天自然就有了明天，无需刻意准备。
北美地区SAT写作题目：Does too much emphasis on individualism make people forget that they belong to the community?
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