Scientists recommend making it mandatory for children to learn how to play a musical instrument. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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made by graduate and postgraduate UK
students
why
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did not find a job after graduation in 2008.
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, the most common destination among graduate and
postgraduates
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students
was
further
education.
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few graduates and postgraduates did not get a job because
their
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charity work.
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the majority of
graduates
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students
, 17.735, found
a part-time work
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and 16.235 people
who
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were
unemployment
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after leaving college.
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, postgraduates were fewer in 2008
compare
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to
graduates
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graduate
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students
. Most of them
were
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continued to get
degree
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. Other people, 2535 started not full-time jobs.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • mandatory
  • musical instrument
  • brain development
  • language acquisition
  • mathematical skills
  • foster
  • discipline
  • perseverance
  • cultural appreciation
  • emotional expression
  • practical constraints
  • financial limitations
  • elective
  • social cohesion
  • ensemble
  • brain plasticity
  • curriculum
  • negative association
  • passion for music
  • talent cultivation
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