It is often said that young kids should learn music and art rather than mathematics and science. Even though the jury is still out, I strongly believe that children need to more focus on mathematics and science. The rationale behind this is that children can have benefit of entering University. Moreover, children can use their knowledge of mathematics and science in many practical ways.
To start with, mathematics and science allow children to enter University relatively easily than those who more focus on music and art classes. In SAT, the percentage of mathematics is huge. So, if a child starts to learn mathematics earlier, the child easily get used to the problem solving skills of mathematics. By doing so, the child is most likely to get better score than a child who is not concentrate on mathematics in his early age. Thus, the child who studies mathematics earlier can have huge benefit of entering University. According to the research by Harvard University, more than 80 percent of Harvard student concentrated on mathematics when they were young. This implies that the there is a strong correlation between learning mathematics in early age and entering good University.
Additionally, children can learn practical knowledge by learning science and mathematics. Most of modern building uses the knowledge of science and mathematics. Plus, most of natural disasters such as earthquake and volcanic eruption have been investigated by human by using mathematical or scientific theory. Thus, youngsters can learn practical lessons by learning these subjects such as how to survive in the situation of volcanic eruption. Take the case of me for illustration. My country, Japan, has a lot of earthquake. So in my science class at elementary school, I learned how to survive when the earthquake comes. According to the class, my science teacher told me that people should get out of building as soon as possible. 2 years later, the earthquake came. However, since I knew that the importance of getting out of building, I could survive successfully. Plus, I even rescued some people by using the knowledge when I learned from the science class such as how to touch a person who gets injured.
In conclusion, I wholeheartedly believe that children need to learn mathematics and science when they are young due to the benefit of entering University and learning practical lessons in their life. |