While it is thought that adolescents ought to focus on a broad range of school subjects, others feel it would be better for them to concentrate only on chosen subjects. I believe the number of subjects they study should depend on their age.
One reason adolescents from around the age of 13 to 17 ought to focus on learning as many different subjects as possible is that they are too immature to make serious decisions that will affect their future. By studying various subjects, they will develop a clearer understanding of their skills and interests, which often change as a child ages. Secondly, teenagers need to vary what they learn to help them develop into well rounded adults. For example, they need sport to encourage health, they need maths to be able to perform simple arithmetic in life, and they need languages to help them learn communication. At a young age they are not mature enough to be responsible for their own development.
However, by the age of 18, adolescents know not only what subjects they most enjoy or excel at, but also which subjects are most useful for their future prospects in life. For this reason, the majority of university applicants are 18 years old, and they are eager to engage more deeply in specific subject matter. Furthermore, their ability to concentrate on one specific subject and study in depth is fully established at that age, unlike when they were younger. Lastly, older adolescents have the ability to manage their own schedule and can take responsibility for continuing art or sport as hobbies.
To conclude, younger teenagers are not ready to specialise and require a broad framework of subjects to help them develop, but at the age of 18, this is no longer the case.
While it is
thought
that
adolescents
ought to focus on a broad range of school
subjects
, others feel it would be better for them to concentrate
only
on chosen
subjects
. I believe the number of
subjects
they study should depend on their age.
One reason
adolescents
from around the
age
of 13 to 17 ought to focus on learning as
many
different
subjects
as possible is that they are too immature to
make
serious decisions that will affect their future. By studying various
subjects
, they will develop a clearer understanding of their
skills
and interests, which
often
change
as a child
ages
.
Secondly
,
teenagers
need
to vary what they learn to
help
them develop into
well rounded
adults.
For example
, they
need
sport to encourage health, they
need
maths
to be able to perform simple arithmetic in life, and they
need
languages to
help
them learn communication. At a young
age
they are not mature
enough
to be responsible for their
own
development.
However
, by the
age
of 18,
adolescents
know not
only
what
subjects
they most enjoy or excel at,
but
also
which
subjects
are most useful for their future prospects in life.
For this reason
, the majority of university applicants are 18 years
old
, and they are eager to engage more
deeply
in specific
subject matter
.
Furthermore
, their ability to concentrate on one specific
subject
and study in depth is
fully
established at that
age
, unlike when they were younger.
Lastly
, older
adolescents
have the ability to manage their
own
schedule and can take responsibility for continuing art or sport as hobbies.
To conclude
, younger
teenagers
are not ready to
specialise
and require a broad framework of
subjects
to
help
them develop,
but
at the
age
of 18, this is no longer the case.