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Some people fail in school, but end up being successful in life. Why do you think that is the case? What is, in your opinion, the most important thing to succeed in life?

#people #school #life #case
From several
generations
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generations,
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 there is a portion of
people
 that was not successful at
school
, that still managed to reach good aims in
life
.
While
school
 gives you initial instruments to be ready for real
life
, more depends on your mentality and your desire to arrive at high levels.
Firstly
, I think that
school
 is an essential institute to give the right education and to teach the essential values of
life
 to young boys and girls. Without
school’s
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school
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 education, many
people
 would lose
them-selves
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themselves
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 as they would not be able to communicate, interact and establish relations with others.
However
, the success of a person does not depend only on how well he did at
school
. Many
people
 are not suitable
with
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for
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 the
school
’s environment, but they have hidden skills and qualities that come out later in
life
.
Moreover
, the working environment is completely different from the educational one, as you do not learn to work at
school
, but you only open your mind. Based on the previous considerations, one of the most important factors to succeed in
life
 is surely education, but only if it is accompanied by
a
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 right mentality and a great want to achieve your personal dreams. These three ingredients are indispensable to each other.
To conclude
, I think that
people
 who are very good at
school
 do not always succeed in
life
 because the educational system prepares you under a
theorical
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theoretical
 aspect.
However
, in real
life
, everyone needs to be very practical to leave other
people
 behind.
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