In some countries, students have an opportunity to learn several non-academic skills such as cooking, basic repairs, drawing, and woodwork in their secondary schools. There are both advantages and disadvantages of this aspect.
Focusing on the advantage, the most notable benefits for students is that they will be better at organising their life style and enable themselves to live independently. With these previously mentioned skills are the key elements of becoming able to look after themselves when they are grown up to leave away from their parents or any other ones who have brought them up. Although some students might not be interested in any of these skills, these skills are quite likely to make them realise that these skills are useful to have learnt during their schooling period after leaving their school.
By contrast, someone may claim for a disadvantage of these schools providing their students with the course for teaching these skills. Some individuals may want to keep their own way to do obtain these non-academic skills. Their parents and the community they are from may focus on a different approach to teach these skills. Furthermore, this extra curriculum usually incurs the extra financial cost to hire teachers specialising in one of these skills, and it also forces students to spare their time to attend these courses. Some students may not want to be forced to learn these skills and rather prefer to be taught outside their school or even do not show any interest in it. Therefore, there is an argument that these skills should be optional for students to learn rather than being taught in a compulsory education such as in primary and secondary schools.
In conclusion, having taken both the advantage and the disadvantage of learning these skills in secondary schools, there does not seem to be a universally unified answer for the aforementioned matter. Meanwhile there is a certain benefit for students to learn these non-academic skills useful in their daily life, it might not fulfil their individual need for learning these skills and it conflicts with the financial costs of hiring teachers and students' preference.
Focusing on the advantage, the most notable benefits for students is that they will be better at organising their life style and enable themselves to live independently. With these previously mentioned skills are the key elements of becoming able to look after themselves when they are grown up to leave away from their parents or any other ones who have brought them up. Although some students might not be interested in any of these skills, these skills are quite likely to make them realise that these skills are useful to have learnt during their schooling period after leaving their school.
By contrast, someone may claim for a disadvantage of these schools providing their students with the course for teaching these skills. Some individuals may want to keep their own way to do obtain these non-academic skills. Their parents and the community they are from may focus on a different approach to teach these skills. Furthermore, this extra curriculum usually incurs the extra financial cost to hire teachers specialising in one of these skills, and it also forces students to spare their time to attend these courses. Some students may not want to be forced to learn these skills and rather prefer to be taught outside their school or even do not show any interest in it. Therefore, there is an argument that these skills should be optional for students to learn rather than being taught in a compulsory education such as in primary and secondary schools.
In conclusion, having taken both the advantage and the disadvantage of learning these skills in secondary schools, there does not seem to be a universally unified answer for the aforementioned matter. Meanwhile there is a certain benefit for students to learn these non-academic skills useful in their daily life, it might not fulfil their individual need for learning these skills and it conflicts with the financial costs of hiring teachers and students' preference.