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Some educationalists say a child should be taught to play a musical instrument. To what extend do you agree or disagree?

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Some individuals argue that musical
instruments
 play an important role among
children
, while others think it wastes
time
 and I agree. Some benefits and drawbacks will be discussed in the following paragraphs. One advantage is that, if
children
taught
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 to play
a musical
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a musical instrument
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instruments
, it can be useful for their future, because they can
taught
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teach
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 their
children
 in their spare
time
. Another benefit is that
,
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 sometimes playing musical
instruments
 can be beneficial.
For instance
,
in
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parties
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,parties
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 you can show your ability. One disadvantage is that
,
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apply
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 it can be waste of
time
,
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 because
children
 should learn their subjects,
such
 as mathematics or English to enter
the
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university. They have no
time
 to learn to play musical
instruments
. Another drawback is that, if you learn how to play musical
instruments
, you cannot be guaranteed to learn other subjects, because
children
 do not want to study
this
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these
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 subjects and I agree. In conclusion, people should
taught
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teach
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 their
children
 to play musical
instruments
 if their
children
 want. They should not force them to play musical
instruments
. They should learn a subject they want
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