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Students should be taught academic knowledge so that they can pass exams, and skills such as cooking or dressing should not be taught. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#students #exams #skills
Millions of youngsters are being taught at school to make a fundament for their future careers.
Hence
, there has been much debate about whether academic subjects should be the priority of schoolboys and girls themselves or
fundamental
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 life
skills
 need to be added to the basic
skills
 of youth. In my opinion, despite the significance of academic study and exams,
students
 should
also
 be taught dressing and cookery lessons. On the one hand, the advantages of studying academic subjects are twofold.
First
, having high results in examinations may pay them off in their future career, so
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much attention should be directed to academic performance to be prosperous.
Second
, academic subjects provide
students
 with fundamental
knowledge
that is
 needed in tertiary education.
For example
, in European Universities, most undergraduates are supposed to lack
in
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mathematical
knowledge
 which is highly important to master academic fields,
such
 as Microeconomics and Statistics. Without deep understanding,
students
 can fail their final exams,
therefore
 the significance of academic understanding must not be forgotten.
On the other hand
, having the
knowledge
 of practical
skills
 including cookery and dressing seminars can be useful for
students
 who live and study far from their parents since if they know how to cook healthy food, they will pressurize
for
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themselves .
Moreover
, nowadays almost all people are being assessed by their
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dress code
dresscode
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dress code
, which is why not only
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the student
a student
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student
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 but all individuals have to be taught dressing
knowledge
. In conclusion,
i
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 once again reaffirm that in spite of the importance of
the
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academic study in
school
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 curriculum,
i
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 feel that
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practical
skills
,
such
 as dressing and cookery classes are paramount for
students
 to grow as an individual.
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