It has been suggested that primary children should learn how to grow vegetables and keep animals. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

When it comes to pupils these days, people hold conflicting views on whether they should learn how to grow vegetables and keep

animals

. In my opinion,

while

I understand that growing vegetables and keeping

animals

may have some drawbacks, I strongly believe that its benefits are greater.

To begin

with, there are a variety of disadvantages to growing vegetables and keeping

animals

for pupils. It is important to acknowledge that they don’t know how to take care of

animals

as well as

plants

. The main reason is that they are only between 7 and 11 years old, they don’t pay attention to themselves, let alone

plants

and

animals

. Indeed, they still need help from their parents and cannot be able to help the

plants

and

animals

grow well.

However

, their parents can provide support for them, which means they can understand how to use fertilizers for trees to grow and feed

animals

to grow up fast.

However

, when considering the positive effect, the mentioned drawbacks become relatively insignificant. Regarding the former, they can learn to care for people by taking care of

plants

and

animals

. When they use water or fertilizers for trees or feed

animals

which means it is similar to looking after people around them, especially their parents who can become ill anytime. As for the latter, they can learn about biodiversity

as well as

the ecosystem, which is beneficial for their future study.

For instance

, they know how

animals

grow up and behave with each other, which helps them to easily study biology.

To conclude

, I would argue that the benefits of growing

plants

and keeping

animals

when they are primary students outweigh the drawbacks.