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Nowadays, not enough students choose science subjects at university in many countries. (2-part question) Why is this? What effects does this have on society?

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With a myriad of career options to choose from nowadays, not a lot of students are opting to study
science
subjects
 in college.
This
 essay discusses what could be the factors that attribute to
such
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 among
learners
 and how
this
 could bring with
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 of repercussions. For a start,/For one thing,(sequencing linker)it could be argued that with globalisation and advancement of technology and business ,there has been a development of
array
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 of new courses at universities and professions which could not only provide lucrative compensation , status
,
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but
also
 a good return on investment as opposed to that of
few
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 years ago when the number of courses a student could choose
as well as
 the chances of employability in
subjects
 other than sciences
were
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 extremely restricted.
Besides
this
,/Alongside
this
 , standard
science
subjects
 ,
such
 as Applied Chemistry, Physics and Biology were highly demanding and popular among students with good cognitive competence ,
problem solving
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 skills ,most of the
learners
 who lacked the scientific temperament were loathsome /reluctant/unwilling to take up
such
 difficult and mundane
science
subjects
 as they could neither bear with the burden of understanding of complex concepts
,
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and
therefore
 end up mugging up without any conceptual clarity which in turn substantially reduced their grades nor put in so much of patience and persistence in working out
deluge
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 of problems to become experts /to gain expertise.(Give
an evidence
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evidence
a piece of evidence
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 for
anyone
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 point)
However
,/
Nevertheless
,/
Nonetheless
,
learners
 have now understood that they could become subject matter specialists in
subjects
 other than
science
 by putting in less
efforts
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. Having said that, what would be more worrisome /a far more serious concern would be a dearth of Intellectual Scientific
learners
 and researchers with few people pursuing careers in
science
 and related fields which could considerably decline /diminish the number of technological discoveries, innovations that could result in a slowdown in economy , business , trade .Give
an evidence
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/
This
 could be exemplified by the developing countries
who
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 hardly have any advanced technology
are
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and are
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 compelled to import
the
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scientific
know how
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 from other nations ,and
that is
 exorbitantly pricey. you can give another point / round off with something relevant but not repetitive.
To conclude
, /In conclusion, even though fewer students are choosing to study
science
 as they struggle with/grapple with learning the theories, it cannot be denied, /no one can deny that
this
 could lead to a workforce which would lack
science
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of science
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 researchers /
this
 could lead to fewer scientific inventions which could reduce the pace of development of the nation. /
This
 could stifle
development
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the development
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 of
nation
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a nation
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 which would have to depend on other nations for …….
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