Many educational institutions give greater importance to subjects related to science and ignore subjects such as drama and literature. Why is this? Is this a positive or negative development?

It is true that most of the attention of educational establishments is on
science
,
while
fields like drama and
literature
are usually overlooked. There are several explanations for why
this
could be the case and I believe it could serve as a progressive trend.
To begin
, a number of reasons lie behind the development. At
first,
science
is the most valued and demanded core subject all over the world. It has gained tremendous popularity as it may provide a person with
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knowledge on
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level, which is taking a place in the requirements list of many jobs. On top of that, cutting-edge technology, driverless cars, huge spaceships, vaccines from illnesses,
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printers that now can even print meat without an animal loss–all of these are the outcomes of diligent scientists' hard work, not refined artists' exquisite performance. To illustrate
this
, if
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children are asked to name 3 most successful people in their opinion, they would
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say Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs, and I am confident that none of them would name William Shakespeare, J.K.Rowling or Mark Twain,
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because
the world does not revolutionize by writing childish stories. Neither drama nor
literature
is going to ignite the fuel for
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of uncharted discoveries and
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inventions, only
science
can be the trigger for it.
Instead
of giving a child a
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of useless
literature
homework or preparing them to
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acting on a stage with a pointless role and talking nonsense, children had better be given scientifical courses, so that they can find their personal interests at an early age. Youth can
also
be involved in some medical surgeries or physical experiments to better dive into the practical part of the
science
and grasp the difficulties and responsibilities of professionals. Take Taiwan as an example, pupils have computer
science
, robotics and data
science
as their core subjects,
therefore
, they have distinguished scholars at schools and the country is leading in selling computer chips of high quality. In conclusion, there are some reasons why drama and
literature
are overlooked at schools, and I am
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convinced
that it may lead to positive consequences.
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