There is a lot of pressure on young people today to succeed academically. As a result, some people believe that non-academic subjects, such as physical education and cookery, should be removed from the school syllabus so that children can concentrate on academic work. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Academic success has been discussed for many years. It is easy to see that there is a lot of pressure on young

people

to achieve high grades in different

subjects

.

As a result

of

this

pressure, some

people

believe that non-academic

subjects

should be removed from the school curriculum so that

children

can concentrate more on their academic work. In

this

essay, I will discuss

this

idea and present my own viewpoint. In my opinion, non-academic

subjects

give

children

several advantages and they can survive in the extremely competitive educational field. On the one hand, some

people

believe that non-academic

subjects

can steal

children

's precious time and have no reasonable impact on their educational life.

However

,

this

idea can be overlooked to some extent, as non-academic teaching not only gives

children

cognitive and self-confidence

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but

also

evaluates their abilities and gives them ideas for their next steps. To illustrate, students who are talented in sports can express their ability in physical education so that they can apply for all kinds of sports scholarships offered by highly recommended universities and find massive opportunities to get a proper job for their post-education life.

In addition

,

children

may show an interest in cooking and may want to continue in

this

field and may become

a

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well-known

chef

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instead

of being

an

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average

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or potential middle-class

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.

On the other hand

, academic life can be quite a high-pressure atmosphere and

children

can be damaged physiologically and it can cause dangerous depression or other mental problems. There is no hesitation that having a kind of mental

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can affect their academic success and it turns into a kind of circle from which they cannot escape.

However

, through non-academic

subjects

, students can breathe a different air, which is not competitive and pressured, and

this

can improve their mental health. All in all, some

people

think that non-academic

subjects

are a total waste of time,

while

students can find various opportunities with non-academic

subjects

. For these reasons, I totally disagree with

this

idea.