In the past, many people had skill such as making their own clothes and doing repair to things in the house. In many countries, nowadays, skills like these are disappearing. Why do you think this change is happening? How far is this situation true in your country?

People
with technical skills
such
as repairing broken
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and making new
clothes
for
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were very common in the past.
However
, all those special skills are about to disappear now across the globe. In my opinion, there are a variety of reasons that makes
this
change.
Firstly
, industrialization was a factor that contributed to
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change. Because of
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technology, different kinds of machines introduced to the
world
and businessmen start to expand their business by using machines
instead
of hiring more workers.
This
makes fast fashion exists nowadays and gives customers many choices in chain stores and shopping online, and the company can sell
clothes
at
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price.
Secondly
, the living standard of
people
is improved compared to a century before. Many
people
had
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big
family
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families
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with many children and they are
also
low income
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group in
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society. Parents merely supported the basic cost of living,
for example
, food and water, and these families do not have extra money to buy
clothes
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each child and pay for skilled workers for repairing. And now,
people
with
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standard of living, it is seldom for
people
to make
clothes
or to repair things themselves.
Thirdly
, a majority of pupils are not educated in
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vocational training but the
academic
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academics
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in today’s
world
. Many young
people
choose to study academic subjects
such
as science and information technology rather than to choose as
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or
carpenter
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carpenters
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.
Therefore
, we can predict that these skilled workers are disappearing gradually in the future.
This
situation happened in the rest of the
world
and
also
it is true in my city. As mentioned above, technology makes our lives in an easier way and there is no reason for modern
people
to consume much time and effort for these activities.
Besides
, the working pattern for
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young
people
is
also
changing and some of them choose to be slasher as their career. In conclusion, those skills which are common in the past and now
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disappearing in many parts of the
world
.
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