You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Some educationalists say that every child should be taught how to play a musical instrument. To what extent do you agree or disagree? You should write at least 250 words.

Musical
instrument
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are fun and nice to learn.but I wouldn't necessarily say they should learn it. Students who wish to major in arts and music school are often the people who insist on
this
idea.
However
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people with no
interests
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interest
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in majoring in
such
stuff would mostly agree. From my standpoint,
i
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strongly disagree. Learning music should not be
as
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necessity in school in any way shape or form.
Reasons
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why I disagree
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is I believe that there are many other more important subjects to learn other than musical
instruments
.
Instead
of the child learning how to play these
instruments
, he or she could learn more beneficial subjects that will help him in the future. Other than that, the internet has become the
center
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of knowledge. If a person wants to learn how to play
instruments
they can just simply search up how to do so.
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the other hand, if the child is passionate about his or her musical career and
want
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to extend his or her knowledge
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musical
instruments
then
they should have
freedom
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to do so. I see that the child having the freedom to choose
weather
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whether
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they want to be taught how to play it or not is up to them, strictly because it is not one of the main subjects. In conclusion, I would
aregue
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argue
that, no, children shouldn't be forced to learn musical
instruments
beacause
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because
as much as playing
instruments
can be fun and beneficial sometimes, many children are not into musical art as much as some students are.
however
, they should have the freedom to
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weather
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whether
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they want to or not.
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Pay attention to spelling and grammatical errors, such as 'beacause' (because) and 'weather' (whether). These can distract the reader and affect your overall clarity.
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You have presented both sides of the argument, which shows a fair consideration of different perspectives.

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