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Schools should teach subjects that are needed for academic success and to pass examinations. Practical life skills such as cookery, dressmaking, and wood crafting should be taught at home, by family and friends. Do you agree or disagree?

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There has been a long debate
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educational institutions are supposed to only provide
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academic subjects for preparing
assessment
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such
 as math, science, and English and
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life
skills
 are only provided at
home
. In
this
 essay, there will be several arguments that oppose the statement that practical
life
skills
 should be only taught at
home
.
Firstly
, practical
skills
 like cooking, clothes-designing,
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 and craft are crucial
skills
 that need to be mastered to survive in the world after school.
Secondly
, not my parents are able to teach practical
skills
 at
home
 due to their time availability or the incapability of training their children in those
skills
.
This
 essay will explain those two arguments consecutively along with the conclusion.
To begin
 with, schools are supposed to be able to prepare their students to face real
life
. In real
life
,
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academic lessons are less likely to be used or even asked during the work interview. The human resource department will ask about the
skills
 they have to obtain the job offered. There have been several proofs that many degree holders do not work in the same field as they studied in the university.
Therefore
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 the students about
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 capability in doing different types of work is essential.
Secondly
, not many parents have the capacity to teach their kids to do stuff at
home
.
This
 can be caused by the workload at the office or due to their lack of knowledge to accomplish certain tasks. It is indeed the school’s responsibility to be able to serve the students with instructors or trainers who have the certification to be their trainers. To sum up, it is believed that schools must not only provide
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academic
skills
 but
also
 require them to be able to give practical
life
skills
.
This
 is because nowadays, many companies are searching for those who have great talents in a specific area rather than
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academic
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.
That is
 why
,
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 there is a great number of unemployed due to the lack of practical
skills
 they gained from school.
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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