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 skill. Do you agree or disagree?

There is currently a contentious argument over whether the educational system
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time by teaching theoretical
subjects
while
there is a shortage of practice skills. I totally agree with
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opinion since most of them are unnecessary for
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development and it can decrease their attention along the course. The main reason why I believe that learning institutions are focusing on irrelevant
subjects
is that they are usually unnecessary for
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development.
This
is because they are not going to use most part of
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content in the future, which can cost too much money for a country to
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;
therefore
, these
subjects
can be time-consuming when it comes to preparing
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the years to come.
For instance
, if a student chooses to be a doctor, it would be a complete waste of time
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efforts
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used to learn physics at school. A second notion is that wasting energy
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useless
subjects
can lead pupils to lack
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attention. It is known
that is
hardly impossible to learn something when a person is not interested, which
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any type of
subject
ranging from maths to languages;
thus
, it is worth for institutions to invest
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pupils' development
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skills in order to keep their attention along the course which can bring about a better future for them. To illustrate, most of the
students
are running short of money, which means that if the school teaches them how to work as
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carpenter they could find jobs that could lead them to make money,
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a consequence, they would be interested in
this
subject
. In conclusion, I totally agree that it is spent
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much time on the useless
subject
at schools since they can harm the
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future by making them feel uncomfortable attending
this
subject
. It seems that the only option is
that
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learning
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to keep updated about new ways of teaching which include practical skills.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • education system
  • curriculum
  • factual knowledge
  • practical skills
  • critical thinking
  • problem solving
  • academic achievement
  • real-world application
  • balance
  • integration
  • learning outcomes
  • employment opportunities
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