▶ Your Answer : Some people think that science and mathematics are more significant than history and literature. However, in my opinion, it is better to take history and literature lectures for two reasons. First of all, science and mathematics are not practical in real life. In addition, they do not give any lessons to students. To begin with, science and mathematics are not helpful in everyday life. People do not have to calculate or prove math problems and science problems in real life. However, history is an important subject which people should know because they are a citizen of a country. Moreover, literature gives many helps to people when they read articles or books. For example, when I was in high school, I learned these four subjects but I thought mathematics and science are not practical subjects. This is because I used that knowledge only when I took exams. On the other hand, history and literature helped me a lot when I read news and had to understand our societies. On top of that, science and mathematics do not give morals to students but history and literature offer many lessons. History makes students learn what they should not repeat in those days and what ancestors did well by looking back their past and comparing with present. Furthermore, literature also gives many morals by finding out what the author tries to say through the story. However, science and mathematics cannot offer any beneficial advice to students. For instance, according to the survey conducted by UCLA’s research department, about 80 percent of participants reported who were students reported that they learned many lessons such as cooperation and communication with others during history and literature classes. They also mentioned that they did not get advice from science and mathematic lectures. To sum up, science and mathematics are not practical in everyday life and do not provide any morals to students. In this regard, I believe that taking history and literature classes is more helpful than having science and mathematic classes. |