It is often said that the subjects taught in schools are too academic in orientation and that it would be more useful for children to learn about practical matters such as home management, work and interpersonal skills. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is believed by many that the subjects
student
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learn
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in school are academic only so it is very much important to focus on practical
skills
as well which can help them to gain
knowledge
about management, work and communication
skills
. In my belief, school is not only about
to learn
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main subjects but it is more about
to learn
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self confidence
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and communication
skills
. There are many students who are very much keen to improve their academic
knowledge
and
also
believe that schools are only about to learn academic subjects because on the basis of that they will get
good
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job in their future. For
an
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example,
people
who are good at computer, maths, science, or biology,
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will get
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well packaged
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job
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in teaching faculty, engineering firms, laboratories and other relevant fields because they have gained more
knowledge
about their particular field of interest.
However
, practical
skills
and
knowledge
is comparatively important with
the
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academic
knowledge
because if
people
are less with practical
knowledge
they will never use their
skills
and intelligence in their future and for that
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they will limit their goals and dreams.
People
are more successful with their practical
skills
along with their academic
knowledge
rather than
the
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people
who
are only grown
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academically.
For instance
,
people
who have good command over academic
knowledge
as well as practical
skills
,
they
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can get good jobs but they can
also
set
their
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own business by using their entrepreneur
skills
. Apart from
that
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they can invest in other businesses
also
which can earn
then
more than just doing a good packaged job. To summarise, academic
knowledge
is very much important but practical
skills
can be more beneficial for everyone to go beyond the limits and grow completely in
the
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life.
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