Schools should focus on academic success and passing examinations. Skills such as cookery, dressmaking and woodwork should not be taught at school as it is better to learn these from family and friends. To that extent do you agree or disagree.

There is a common belief that educational institutions

such

as schools are responsible for taking care of only the academic success of students.

While

I agree that schools should provide pupils with a variety of

skills

that can be implemented for effective learning or future career building, I would highlight my personal point that other unrelated

skills

should be a free choice of each and learned through their lives, out of academic activities. Trying to mix

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certain range of diverse occupations

while

studying in school with the intention to make studying funnier or broaden students' horizons often can lead to the opposite effect.

In other words

, the excessive amount of diversification in activities can lead to confusion of interests and loss of focus, which ,

therefore

, leads to

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poor performance in all subjects.

For example

, additional classes including cookery, dressmaking and woodwork in

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subjects. In terms of the importance

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being able to cook or make things with one's hands, all the related

skills

fortunately can be taught in a home by ancestors, or by simple single practice, or with friends.

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,

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the process into

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to make new memories with close ones and

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the strong boundaries between

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of life and creativity, making it easier to consider those occupations as off-time and strictly concentrate on studies in educational institutions. In conclusion, exposing people

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an extra amount of opportunities and subjects to choose from is not necessarily a beneficial idea, because it can distract us, because minimalism, a great state of flow, and a deep focus mode are sometimes everything we need for a good performance.

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, an opportunity to learn creative

skills

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making it seem even more illogical idea.