Should every school-leaver know English?

There is a popular opinion that every school-leaver should know English. At the same
time, many others believe that English is not necessary for everybody as not all
school-leavers will be using it in the future.

I hold the view that young people in the 21st century can not do well without good
knowledge of English. To start with, I am in favour of learning English by everybody
because English is a global language. Besides, with the help of English we can
communicate with representatives of other cultures. In addition, English is the
language of world science and without it getting access to the latest breakthroughs in
knowledge is impossible.

However, there is an opposite point of view that some school graduates may not need
English in the future. My opponents insist that Ukraine is not an English-speaking
country. Also, not everybody will go abroad to say nothing of studying or working
there. Moreover, modern information and communication technology provides
instant computer-assisted translation of any English text into Ukrainian.

I do not fully agree with my counterparts. Ukraine is part of world culture and the
English language is used in many areas, such as tourism, scientific exchange and joint
business. Truly enough, many school leavers are going to stay in Ukraine, but quite a
few will need English for a career in their home country. As for modern technology,
machine translation is not perfect enough to compete with human ability to
communicate.

To sum up my reasoning, English may not be needed by every school-leaver indeed

but language learning is never extra considering that life is full of surprises.