Some people believe that children’s leisure activities must be educational, otherwise they are a complete waste of time. Agree or disagree?

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necessarily educational, If not,

such

pastimes are said to be a mere waste of

time

. My opinion is

leisure

activities

could, not must, nor should be educationally beneficial. If, and only if, those recreational

activities

are

fun

, they are to have beneficial effects on the kids' upbringing. Children, as humans, like us, adults, need joy.

Leisure

activities

, as it comes from the name, are supposed to provide jubilation to their lives. Studying

time

is to provide knowledge, Sports are to improve strong muscles, and

leisure

activities

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rest and relax their minds. It is the best for each to attain its prospective goal. The other way around, I'd inquire, is it a must for the theoretical classes in schools to be physically developing? The answer is 'no', yet, it does not convey the message that

such

non-related results hurt.

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of what

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here, as long as

the

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leisure

is

leisure

it is up to its aim. Being educationally beneficial does not sway it one way or another. Beyond joy, it is good to supply

education

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the

leisure

time

.

However

, distraction might cause the aim to digress from its

origion

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origin

. As soon as the little ones notice that there is an

aducationally

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educationally

educational

persuasive plan behind the scene, all the promised joy could be spoiled at once.

As a result

, if the educational authorities want to be conservative, it is recommended not

having

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education

pre-planned. One visible merit of 'having

leisure

activities

planned 100%

fun

' is to concentrate to the maximum level to achieve

enjoy

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, and

that is

what makes it purely original. In conclusion,

fun

is the crucial factor in designing

leisure

activities

, not

education

,

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anything else. Not only is it not a waste of

time

to exclude

education

, but

also

behind-the-scene-lessons

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might distract and

consequently

ruin all the

promissed

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promised

fun

out of the pleasure.