There is a lot of pressure on young people today to succeed academically. As a result, some people believe that non-academic subjects, such as physical education and cookery, should be removed from the school syllabus so that children can concentrate on academic work. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Students

nowadays are under a lot of pressure to achieve

academical

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success in order to get into a good university or secure a

well paid

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job. For

this

reason

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some people argue that schools need to focus on academic

subjects

and vocational

subjects

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therefore

not

taught

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at schools. I would argue that while academic

skills

are important, schools need to teach a wide range of both academic and more

skills

-based

subjects

.

Firstly

,

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should not only be about teaching academic

skills

but a wider range of life

skills

so that

students

can join society when leaving

school

. Practical

subjects

can help to teach these

skills

to

students

.

For example

, physical education teaches

students

how to work as part of a team and

also

the importance of being healthy.

Furthermore

, if cookery is taught

then

students

would learn a great deal about health and nutrition.

Secondly

, academic

subjects

are not of equal

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all

students

. There is the possibility of including more practical

non academic

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subjects

on the syllabus like woodwork, textile design and computing

skills

. If they study these

subjects

students

will increase their employment prospects and could help them to secure employment when they leave

school

. It is important to remember that not all

students

will continue to higher education and

school

needs to enable those

students

to find work.

Finally

, too much pressure should not be put on

school

students

. Taking part in

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subjects

like art, music or drama gives

students

the opportunity to be creative.

This

could help them to manage stress degrees and have more productive in other areas. In

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I would argue that

although

academic

subjects

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important,

this

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should not be the only focus of a

school

syllabus. There are a number of benefits to teaching

students

non academic

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subjects