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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience. Write at least 250 words.

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It is argued lessons that
not
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related to
academic
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academics
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should be removed from the school curriculum.
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disagree
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with that opinion because we can identify
someone
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someone's
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talents from non-academic
subjects
and and can advance the talents earlier.
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, people have different types of talents, some have good memory but lack
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athletic ability,
while
the other have good flexibility in their body movement but
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a lot of effort to think or answer academic
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questions
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.
Subjects
like physical education can make someone know their
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or hidden
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,
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because they usually will take it very seriously when they have
ability
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in that.
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, one of my friends, Ramon,
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was 11 at that time, he
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a
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time to answer basic
question
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about basic general knowledge, but if we asked him to throw
basketball
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the basketball
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from 3 points line, he
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do that easily, with his basketball
talent
he became a national player now.
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, if a person already
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what their
talent
, learning
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non-academic
subjects
in school
such
as cookery or
robotic
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from
early
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an early
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age could advance their
talent
faster and even
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make money from it.
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, there is a 6 years old kid from my country, Indonesia,
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can make small and useful machines from the lesson that was taught in Robotic
subjects
at school, he gathered the materials
within
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the local shops,
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machine that he made was for turning off the bed lamp with the clap of his hands and now he trying to make more bigger machines.
To conclude
, learning
subjects
that
not
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related to
academic
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academics
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also
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very useful, because it can identify someone's
talent
and even
can
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improve their
talent
at
early
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an early
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age.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • pressure
  • succeed
  • academically
  • non-academic
  • physical education
  • cookery
  • school syllabus
  • concentrate
  • academic work
  • well-rounded
  • enhancement
  • practical skills
  • balanced education system
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