There is a view that gardening and looking after pets should be taught as a subject at schools. While this approach can offer several benefits, I side with those who believe that it could make the already overloaded curriculum more stressful, as school curricula already includes some demanding subjects.
There are several advantages of learning how to grow vegetables keep animals, one of which is spending more time outside. This is largely because many school children allocate most of their playing computer games and watching TV after completing their school tasks, which prevents from engaging in outdoor activities. By gardening and taking care of animals in a special facility at school, children often do some physical activities such as watering plants in a garden or cleaning houses of pets. As a result, children can be encouraged to spend more time outside not only at school but also in their own house, which, in turn, helps them become more active and healthy.
However, in my view, such a subject puts a significant pressure on school children. School curricula is consisted of subjects are complex and demanding to learn in detail, which requires a lot of effort and time. Gardening and keeping animals are time-consuming activities, meaning that more crucial subjects, including mathematics, biology and chemistry, should be taught to children in more detail. In addition, growing vegetables and looking after animals are less important activities for children who are more interested in academic. These school children should allocate most of their time improving their knowledge and enhancing their perspectives about academic subjects. In their future jobs, they often rely on their academic knowledge rather than practical skills.
In conclusion, although learning how grow vegetables and taking care of animals encourage children spend more time outside, I believe this approach makes learning more difficult and prevents children from improving knowledge about other important subjects.