Some people say that in all levels of education, from primary schools to universities, too much time is spent on learning facts and not enough on learning practical skills. Do you agree or disagree?

Education is always a hot topic for discussion. There is a statement that students

in

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at

all educational levels have wasted too much energy and effort to learn about theory rather than practical skills, which are more suitable for their future career.

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essay will put forward evidence to demonstrate that

this

is totally true, especially from the context of developing countries like Vietnam. During school time, from elementary to

high-school

a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

highschool

, the idea of practical skills has not been familiar with almost all pupils in the country. To them, all they need to do is to attend classes regularly and absorb what teachers say or write on the blackboards.

Then

, they just need to learn these facts by heart and to try to pass the exams with the scores as high as possible.

This

trains the children to become robots rather than

leaners

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

learners

who are full of creative and practical thinking about

real world

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the real world

.

This

above-mentioned learning style has accompanied the teenagers to their colleges. They learn things re-

actively

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active

during the period when they should actively seek practical perspectives, knowledge and skills for their future career. The

university’s

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university

syllabus in Vietnam has been based too much on philosophical knowledge.

Therefore

, students, after

graduated

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graduating

from their courses, lack specific practical skills to perform well in their jobs. As an example, information technology has been increasingly used in most of the professions in the economy.

Although

important, a large number of fresh-graduated students do not have the basic understanding of necessary software, and more importantly, most universities do not pay enough attention to

this

training. All in all, it is no doubt that either schools and universities in Vietnam fail to provide their pupils and students with vital practical knowledge and skills for their own development these days. The educational system should,

therefore

, change as soon as possible so that the youngsters are prepared for the rapid changes of the outside world.