I went to school in England. My school had many different subjects that we had to study for a long time. There was mathematics, science, English, of course, PE (Physical Education i.e. gym class), and many more. Some subjects like those previously mentioned were compulsory<\/u> all the way until we finished school. Some, however, were optional until a certain point, so we had the choice to continue studying those subjects or not.<\/p>\n
In my school, music was a compulsory subject until a certain point, when we could choose to drop<\/u> it. Personally, I did decide to drop it.<\/p>\n
Honestly, the music classes in my secondary school were not that good. We didn\u2019t really learn to play any instruments, nor did we study much music theory. A lot of the time we just watched movies. I vaguely<\/u> remember when I first started music classes in secondary school, the teacher said that, as he\u2019d just gotten a new sound system for the room or something like that, that he wanted us to watch the Phantom of the Opera to test it.<\/p>\n
At the time, watching movies in class was a nice break from lessons, but I think it would have been a better use of our time at school if we actually learned about music instead.<\/p>\n
Having said that, I don\u2019t think music should be a compulsory subject at school. The truth is that learning about music is not a necessary life skill, or even a useful one for most people. If you\u2019re interested in music theory, or play an instrument, then taking music lessons could be a good thing, but for many people I\u2019d say it\u2019s actually a waste of time.<\/p>\n
Music theory or learning to play an instrument doesn\u2019t help much in life if it\u2019s not one of your major interests or your profession, so forcing children to spend time studying music seems ridiculous to me.<\/p>\n
However, I like the idea of music as an optional subject. If it\u2019s optional, then the people who want to pursue music as a career can take it, and the people who have no need for it can pass<\/u> it up<\/u>. Since I wasn\u2019t that interested in music theory, I didn\u2019t continue music lessons and chose other subjects that I was more interested in instead. But I think that all those hours I spent in music class were pretty much wasted, because I didn\u2019t have any real need for them or interest in them, and honestly I barely retained anything from them.<\/p>\n
For me, and I imagine for a really large number of people, there are a lot of subjects like music, that we are required to study for a certain amount of time because they\u2019re part of the curriculum. But we don\u2019t retain much from them because the lessons aren\u2019t actually useful for most peoples\u2019 lives. Yes, we get a kind of general knowledge that can be a good knowledge foundation when we head out into the world, but it\u2019s not enough for how much time we spend at school. <\/p>\n
What we learn when we\u2019re children can really shape the rest of our lives, so we should be making better decisions about our education system.<\/p>\n
Thomas<\/p>\n
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\nVocabulary<\/b><\/p>\n
compulsory (adjective) \u2013 required; mandatory; necessary
\ndrop (verb) \u2013 to stop doing something or give something up
\nvaguely (adverb) \u2013 in a way that is uncertain; roughly
\npass up (phrasal verb) \u2013 to not take an opportunity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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