In today's job market it is far more important to have practical skills than theoretical knowledge. In the future, job applicants may not need any formal qualifications. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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When discussing the importance of practical skills over theoretical
knowledge
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, one should bear in mind the complexity of the issue. Some believe that having theoretical skills provide a better foundation upon which one can progress in his
pofessional
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
professional
life. Others, including myself, think in the current job
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market there
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market, there
is a decreasing need for theoretical
knowledge
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, and practical skills are much more important. In the following essay, I will provide arguments and examples to support my opinion. One reason to support my opinion, is that practical skills
leads
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lead
to earlier incorporation in the job
market
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and better professional experience. Computer science students,
for example
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, aside from their practical courses, are required to study other subjects,
such
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as mathematics, English language and literature.
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, they graduate the university after 4 years. If students could study only the practical subjects they would graduate earlier, and enter the job
market
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at a younger age. As a consequence, people will
becom
enter or assume a certain state or condition
become
knowledgable
highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
knowledgeable
in their field of
work
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much earlier and be able to contribute much more. Another reason
supporting
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to support
my assumption, is that based on the rapid changes of the
market
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, there are great differences between the theoretical
knowledge
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in the universities and the practical
knowledge
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. According to the New York Times,
for example
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,
computer languages students study
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a computer language students study
computer language students study
in the universities are three generations behind the ones used nowadays.
As a result
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, people with theoretical
knowledgeare
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knowledge are
require
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required
an "introduction period" before
begining
the event consisting of the start of something
beginning
their
work
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.
This
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is
in contrast
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to people with practical skills who are able to
work
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immediatly
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
immediately
. In conclusion, I agree with the above statement and think that because practical skills permits people to
work
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immediatly
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
immediately
, and have a
longer
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long
career, it is better than theoretical
knowledge
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.
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The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

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