Many university students want to learn about different subjects in addition to their main subjects. Others feel it is more important to give all their time and attention to studying for their qualification. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Many
students
have different thoughts about the
lessons
they are studying at the university,
such
as some
students
think it is better to focus on the major
subjects
,
others
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believe additional
subjects
should be taught. In my opinion, at
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universities, teachers should teach various additional
subjects
.
People
who think
students
should give all attention to studying only main
subjects
often argue that unrelated
lessons
cause
time
waste
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and it has a negative effect on specialization. They think additional
lessons
are potential distractions and they do not have
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any role in their future career. These
people
claim that for achieving
successful
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career, the most logical pathway is preparing diligently for specializing in one profession.
For example
, it is boring for every economics student to take
the
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lessons
about health care or other unrelated topics which can waste their
time
and can affect their final exam scores. Despite the understandable reasons why some
people
are in
favor
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of focusing on major
subjects
, I believe taking
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lessons
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additional
subjects
have
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different advantages. These
lessons
can help
students
in different aspects of their future
career
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careers
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and make them more
skillful
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people
. I,
however
, believe that specialization is not enough for being successful in all fields,
also
workers have to be knowledgeable about different topics. Because most of the sectors are related to each other and additional
lessons
can create
students’
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different opportunities,
such
as creativity.
Although
I accept these
lessons
can steal the
time
of
students
which they can spend
to
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major topics, I believe university superiors and teachers can solve
this
problem.
For example
, universities can give chance to
students
to choose these additional
subjects
based on their own interests and do not take a final exam. In conclusion,
while
there are some reasonable reasons why some
students
do not want to take various additional classes, I believe these
subjects
are very important and they do not have to see them as a
time
waste.
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