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There are mixed opinions on whether all levels of education spend significant much time on knowledge but insufficient time on practical skills. Regarding this, I believe that high levels of education provide enough time to practice for students, however, in primary schools they spend much more time on essential subjects mainly.
On the one hand, the time for sitting on the chair and learning facts is obviously much more than the time for practicing useful skills in primary schools. It is because the common trend in modern society is that think more important on main subjects including math, English and science. For example, most of the primary schools provide only 1~2 hours for practical skill classes per week and as a consequence of this, students are not able to gain basic skills such as sewing and changing a light bulb. As can be seen, it shows that primary students have not enough time to learn practical skills while they have tremendous time to study for facts.
On the other hand, high levels of education including high schools and universities offer various practical times depend on students’ careers and interests. Those students are given time to practice the entire day and even if they can go and practice in the fields outside of the school. For instance, CIT, which is TAFE college run their classes every two days per week with serving and ordering in the restaurant for students who study hospitality. Thus, it can be seen that many high levels of schools provide specific practicing classes for students who want to experience these skills further.
In conclusion, even though high levels of education provide a lot of classes to practicing for students, it is evident that many early educations do not spend enough time to teach students to gain basic skills at the school. Therefore, it is necessary to provide various classes to students in the early educations so that they could be encouraged to experience diverse practical skills and not only for facts in their early ages. |