Second Writing Paper in IELTS class

Topic: It is very important that children should study hard at school. Time spent playing sport is time wasted. Do you agree?

Knowledge is considered to be the key of modern life. As a result, many parents force their children to study hard at school, disregarding the necessity of physical activities like playing sports. This essay will take a closer look at the issue.

On the plus side, it is true that many excellent students who win big competitions don’t do anything but study. Since they spend most of their time studying, the amount of knowledge they can obtain surpasses that of normal students. In addition, schools these days provide students a variety of subjects, covering all fields of life, which requires a lot of time from the students if they want to keep up with others. Furthermore, this also comes from the social demand of excellent workforce for the development of the country.

Nevertheless, health is also significant for life since it is obvious that you cannot do anything long without health. Researches have shown that students, especially high school ones, suffer from very bad health conditions due to a lack of physical activities. Sports provide them a good chance to stay active, reducing bad consequences of sitting still for long hours. Also those extra activities help students to develop other skills that are necessary for their later life. What the society needs from a person may be more than just mere knowledge. Students are expected to have skills like communication and interpersonal skills, negotiation, cooperaion and teamwork, etc. Sports like football, volleyball need high level of mutual understanding and coordination between players, which offers them various ways to achieve these skills.

To sum up, knowledge is of high importance but health and other skills should not be ignored. A balance between study and physical activities guarantee a good improvement of a person.