Job opportunities are becoming highly competitive these days. Skills in a foreign language and mathematics keep a person extra mile ahead of people with knowledge in music and arts. The importance of arts and music cannot be denied in a person's life but it is evident that for most of the jobs, a second language and mathematical skills are far more important. That is why I totally agree with the idea that children should focus more on mathematics and a foreign language in academic life than arts subjects unless he wants to become an artist or a musician in professional life.
On one hand, music and arts are important for our personal and social life. However, it can be learned by anybody but everybody cannot become an artist or musician without inherent talent and total dedication beyond academic study. Moreover job market for arts and music is much smaller when compared with technological and science related occupations. For instance, if a media company requires an artist, they will hire very few artists and their communication and language skills would also be judged. At the same time, lower pay rates in art related subjects should also be considered while deciding which major a child should take in his academic life.
On the other hand, mathematics is an essential subject that everyone should learn. This subject encourages children to think and improve the brain capacity and memory. Moreover, mathematics is involved and an important part of every job sector these days, including information technology, auto engineering, banking, designing, researching, construction engineering and so on. At the same time, skill in an extra language always increases the opportunity for a job seeker. For example, when a Japanese Construction Company seeks for a construction expert for their project, they would definitely prefer the person who knows Japanese among other candidates. Since one of the main objectives of academic lessons is to prepare children for the future career, mathematics and second language should always get priority.
To conclude, without a doubt learning mathematics and a foreign language signifies the capabilities of children and their future. I am not against teaching school children arts and music but as long as their future career is involved, teaching mathematics and a second language should always give priority.
Job
opportunities are becoming
highly
competitive these days.
Skills
in a foreign
language
and
mathematics
keep
a person extra mile ahead of
people
with knowledge in
music
and
arts
. The importance of
arts
and
music
cannot
be denied
in a person's life
but
it is evident that for most of the
jobs
, a second
language
and mathematical
skills
are far more
important
.
That is
why I
totally
agree
with the
idea
that
children
should focus more on
mathematics
and a foreign
language
in
academic
life than
arts
subjects
unless he wants to become an
artist
or a musician in professional life.
On one hand,
music
and
arts
are
important
for our personal and social life.
However
, it can
be learned
by anybody
but
everybody cannot become an
artist
or musician without inherent talent and total dedication beyond
academic
study.
Moreover
job
market for
arts
and
music
is much smaller when compared with technological and science related occupations.
For instance
, if a media
company
requires an
artist
, they will hire
very
few
artists
and their communication and
language
skills
would
also
be judged
. At the same time, lower pay rates in
art
related
subjects
should
also
be considered
while deciding which major a child should take in his
academic
life.
On the other hand
,
mathematics
is an essential
subject
that everyone should learn. This
subject
encourages
children
to
think
and
improve
the brain capacity and memory.
Moreover
,
mathematics
is involved
and an
important
part of every
job
sector these days, including information technology, auto engineering, banking, designing, researching, construction engineering and
so
on.
At the same time,
skill
in an extra
language
always increases the opportunity for a
job
seeker.
For example
, when a Japanese Construction
Company
seeks for a construction expert for their project, they would definitely prefer the person who knows Japanese among other candidates. Since one of the main objectives of
academic
lessons is to prepare
children
for the future career,
mathematics
and second
language
should always
get
priority.
To conclude
, without a doubt learning
mathematics
and a foreign
language
signifies the capabilities of
children
and their future. I am not against teaching school
children
arts
and
music
but
as long as their future career
is involved
, teaching
mathematics
and a second
language
should always give priority.