Some people think that schools have to be more entertaining, while others think that their sole purpose is to educate. Which do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

Educational reform is a contentious issue with various trends coming and going over the

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few decades. While many people believe that schools should focus on more enjoyable activities in order to maintain student engagement, I strongly advocate maintaining a traditional approach so as to maintain order.

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essay will review both sides and use examples from a survey performed in the UK and an academic report from a prominent university. Learners who are required to absorb information via conventional academic methods often experience problems with focus and attention. More specifically, repeatedly performing the same memory-based task throughout one’s school career is likely to cause boredom and ultimately result in student disengagement. In several schools in the UK, to take an example, it has been shown via

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urvey that a considerable number of young people fail to remember crucial information simply because it was uninteresting. Adhering strictly to rote learning is

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harmful to those students who require

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assistance to remember key details.

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there is a case for more entertainment in schools, and even interactive media, the appearance of

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possible distractions in the

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is important because of the two reasons,

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teachers would have to be re-trained to use

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media and

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could lead to considerably increasing education expenses.

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, for a more fun class to happen the teacher has to be firmly in

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or disobedience and unruly behaviour could ensue.

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was proven in a recent study by Oxford University that showed that over 91% of teachers who implemented an entertainment-oriented curriculum stated that they quickly lost

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of the students.

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it is possible to state beyond doubt that more entertainment in the

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will not only increase costs but even augment poor behaviour. To conclude, from the arguments and examples given I firmly believe that

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more entertaining education can lead to fully inclusive classes, the risk for a teacher losing

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of the class is too high a price to pay. Discipline must be maintained or zero education will happen. It is predicted that traditional teaching methods that incorporate total

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will continue to grow in importance.