MỞ ĐẦU :

Welcome to group 4 . May today be as sweet as a strawberry

Thank you for joining us today.
As always, there are 2 teams. Team A includes Huy and Hoan. Team B includes
Hue and Hung. Hi guys. How are you today?
We are so excited about joining a debate with our friends. Thank u !
I have a question for you guys. Listen carefully!
Many people say that ‘’ The skills you learn in life are more useful than the skills
you learn at school. ‘’
What do you think about this? And that is also the topic of debate for today. Which
team will start first?

Huệ : I agree with topic. In my oppinion, you do not learn many practical skills at
school . Maybe each of us has heard the saying that ‘’ Travel broadens the mind ‘’
translate to Vietnamese is '' Đi một ngày đàng học một sàng khôn ''.
We can simply understand that go for a day on the road, you will learn a lot of
useful things, the more you go, the more you learn, just go out into the society to
learn that will gain new knowledge. That is the result of the learning process. You
should go to many places to accumulate more knowledge. You should not only
seek knowledge from books but must know how to verify it by experience.

Hoan : I see what you’re saying, but I don’t find it convincing enough. Now a day,
many schools and universities combine theoretical and practical learning -there are
a lot of interships and experiences for students to have enough praticial knowledge
when going to work -additon students have opportunity to come and work directly
even when we go to school .

For example : we can go to livestock farms when we learn about animals , work as
saleman in companies when we learn sale skill .So : school can completely bring us
skill we need .
Hùng : On the other hand , Real life is completely different from school .
Real-life lessons are important. For example, you will not understand how to treat
your girlfriend/boyfriend at school, or how to spend money more effectively.The
skills you get in life do not go through any school such as degree..
You learn these lessons in different conditions and situations in your life through
blunders.

Huy : That’s a valid point, but I want to correct a few mistakes here. In some fields,
it also requires specialized knowledge that can be learned in books and must be
certified to meet standards such as teachers, doctors, lawyers, etc… they need to be
trained through classes, have the hard skill to be able to work. You don’t apply the
skills of life to care for other people.

Huệ : Agree with you but there isn’t also deny the importance of skills you learn in
life .The skills you learn at school are not enough. For example, as a doctor, you
can only practice in the laboratory. It was not until the last years that one could
practice on the human body, but it was not difficult. Life skills such as staying calm
in the operating room, understanding the value of every second to save lives.

Hùng : In my oppinion, Life skills are not limited to regulations

You are not forced to learn this, you have to learn that. You should learn things that
you think are good for you, which will help you in your work. Mental health is
rarely heard in school. Because, we only care about or advised to care about
physical health, and mental health is too far away.
However, when you are go out in the community, you learn how to take care your
soul and keep your mind at ease. This can help you reduce stress and help you
become more calm when handling the situation.
Hoan : Because no limited, life skill is too large, we are difficult to find true skill.
No regulation – sometimes it will make us go the wrong way and get in big trouble
Moreover, life skills can not give us theoretical information about the history of
formation or calculation numbers. Only school can bring us basic theory to practice
for life
Huệ : I feel Self-control and independence is neccesary.
The school has teachers, parents, and friends who accompany us. On the road of
life, we are alone. If we laugh, the whole world laughs with us. If I cry, I will cry
alone.
This skill in school may not seem as practical as life. Because at school, you can
ask your friends for help with the test, the odds of you getting the correct answer
are very high. However, in life, your independence skills are most evident. Life
teaches you what to listen to and what not to believe. From there, you can be
proactive in your work.

Huy: I take your point but that isn’t the way I see it; instead, I think that If we
talk about self-control and independence in school, it is definitely directed to
students right from Kindergarten to college. It is easy to see that the older we get,
the more class assignments we have. Therefore, self-control of time, arranging talks
in class, and personal work are some of the determinants of a successful person.
For example, in high school, international school,... students from other areas flock
to study. We can easily see the independence of studying, eating, sleeping... and
financial autonomy because many of them want to go to do a part-time job to pay
for school, meals...if their families do not have economic conditions.

KẾT :
We have just heard many individual views of the teams presented. Each team has
its right. However, a problem you cannot look at one side, look at it holistically,
notice the good and bad points of the problem. And that is the opinion of group 4.
And you, what do you think about this topic? Do you agree or not?
The answer depends on your perspective.
Thank you everyone for today. Hope to see you again shortly.Good bye !