Some people say that children who find subject as mathematics and philosophy difficult don't have study them at school. These subjects should be optional, not compulsory. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

There are people who believe that subjects like philosophy and mathematics should not be mandatory for

students

who struggle to learn them.

However

, I completely disagree with

this

notion owing to compelling reasons.

To begin

with, courses like mathematics are the foundation of other majors.

That is

, if

students

do not have

such

courses at school, they will not show good performance in college. Take a college student who wants to study art

for example

; because he does not have a good understanding of maths, he is less likely to become a successful painter for excel in

this

subject

students

should acquire basic knowledge of maths. Another rational argument against

this

idea is that it is hard for school authorities to distinguish between

students

who have difficulties learning a subject and the ones who just being lazy.

In other words

, many subjects seem difficult at

first,

but when

students

put their time and effort into them, they eventually will see the results.

Therefore

, if these subjects become optional, some

students

do not bother to try to make progress.

For example

, an elementary student may find philosophy hard to understand, so he asks to withdraw from the course. As a direct consequence, it is more probable that these

students

do not try hard when they face a milestone when they become adults.

To sum up

, considering the point discussed above, making important courses optional is a bad idea because it has a negative impact on student future education, and make them less competitive.