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Some people say that it is better for high schools and universities to teach specific careers and fields, however, others think that it is better to focus on general subjects. I think it is better to teach specific skills and careers for two reasons. To begin with, when schools focus on teaching certain skills or fields, they can make students more proficient and capable. Instead of investing time in learning general subjects, they can put more effort in learning specific fields or careers. By enhanced efficiency of education, students become more proficient compared to the students who invest their time in general subjects. For instance, in Korea, there exists many mechanic and commerce high schools, and students in those schools learn less about general subjects, and they study more about specific skills and careers instead. These students are more preferable than students from ordinary schools since they are more capable of certain fields and they are also more suitable for the jobs that company offers. Secondly, focusing on certain fields or careers enables students to take certain type of educations that they want. In most countries, students are evaluated by their ability of general subjects since they are taught general subjects in high schools. When high schools and universities focus on certain fields or careers, they will evaluate the students not by the ability of general subjects, but by the capability of certain fields. Since each students wants different type of fields or careers, the competition would be lower than before. For instance, in U.S, students study hard to get a score in SAT which measures students ability of general subjects, and good scores in SAT means that they have higher possibility of entering good universities. If universities focus on teaching specific skills or fields, students demand for each university would be distributed more equally and this will lead to lower competition, which means students can go to the university and can get the education that they want. To conclude, it is more wise for schools to teach students specific careers and fields since they can enhance the proficiency of the students and make them get the education that they want. It is our obligation to change the education system toward specific fields and careers for our kids. |