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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?

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

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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
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