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Education > Secondary School Issues Why schools need to focus on teaching the developement of life skills: 5 of 5

I am a first year student at a fairly prestigious school in Canada, and I have noticed a glaring disparity in the attitudes and behaviours of some of the students. I did a "victory lap", or extra year, of high school so that I could bring up my average and work to pay for my tuition, and so I was fortunately enough to get some real world exposure before entering university. In addition, I was somehow able to luck into teachers that emphasized the real world skills we would need, such as intelligent argument, unbiased observation and social interaction skills, instead of focussing solely on...
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