Some people believe that children should study all subjects at school, while others think they should only study subjects they are good at or find interesting. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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The chart above portrays information about various occupations in the UK and their wages , the table
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illustrates the average weekly working
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for each job .
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, it can be noticed that the underground driver made the most salary among all
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working the least
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, other careers involve more working
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with less pay.
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with , the firefighter made about double that of the police , at about 40000
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and 41000
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, the police put in 15
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less per week than the firefighter . The nurse and underground driver had similar working
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at 38 and 36
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, wage wise underground drivers earned a bit less than triple what nurses did starting at 50000
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and bringing in 51000
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after 3 years .
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