What young people should study at s

What young people should study at school has long been the subject of intense debate
and this is a question that certainly does not have one correct answer.

We need to provide young people the best possible chance of doing well at school. In
traditional curriculum there is a wide variety of subjects with a mix of academic and non-
academic subjects. In this way a young person is formed with a rounded education. Non-
academic subjects would include sports, cooking, woodwork and metalwork. I believe this
is the best form of education. A young person should learn things other than academic
subjects. Sport is particularly important. Young people have to learn to love sport so that
they can be fit and healthy later in life. If not we will be raising an obese and unfit
generation.

I totally understand the point of view that education is so important that students must be pushed as hard as possible to achieve their best. It sounds a good idea to only expose
the students to academic subjects as then they can spend all of their school hours on
studying areas that will get them into university and good jobs later in life. I just feel a
more rounded education would produce a better individual. We must remember too that a
lot of people, maybe even most people, aren‛t academically minded and would benefit
more from a more vocationally based education. Forcing academic studies onto them would lead to failure and the student leaving school too early.

Therefore I agree that although a wholly academic curriculum would suit and benefit some
young people, I believe that for most students non-academic subjects are important
inclusions still in today‛s syllabuses.