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there a some people who might oppose to overseas trip being a waste of time as its just a place and they might not learn important subjects like english and math . but i disagree with them as learning overseas can broaden the vision of the students and make them learn new cultures and history and way of living . it can show them how fortunate they are and teaches them to be grateful and improve and better them as a person

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People say that flying overseas is unhelpful and you have to pay a lot of money to travel and its not beneficial.people said that why go overseas to help others while people in their country needs help too. However in singapore travelling to others country is always subsidy by the government if your going with the school, charity event, and military uses. the government will help us no matter what so travelling is helpful, you learn from others to improve your lifestyle and the country by finding how others do it best and follow them like a role model.

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Till today,a handful of students and  parents still think that overseas volunteering is unhelpful,beneficial to the country since students are volunteering overseas not in their own country.However ,although it is called volunteering,but the main objective is to learn life lessons ,know the situation outside the country ,how people live.Thus volunteering overseas should be compulsory.

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Some people feel that overseas learning trip is not compulsory as some parents might not afford the fees for it. Some of them thinks that studrnt woukd spend their time having fun instead of learning a life lesson. But the truth fact is that student get to be more self independent which is also part of life lessons.

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some people may see overseas learning as something unnecessary or not beneficial as they might not be able to afford to pay for the trip . however, the fees for the overseas trip should be subsidised by the government for all singaporean students . if the students family cannot afford the fees, they can apply for financial assistant. therefore the government can help financially and allow the student to go for oversees learning and experience something new.

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Opponents may think that overseas service is a waste of time，the only difference between other country and our country is the language and the culture. We can just stay in our country and do some service, why do we have to pay a lot of money to go overseas? It's a waste of time, at the same time it's a waste of money.

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Others might feel that  volunteering overseas is irrelevant as it is the same thing to be volunteering at our own country. Additionally, while some students would want to go on the trip as it seems to them that traveling overseas means holiday so they will be there to have fun and not take it seriously allowing them to have the wrong mindset.Many parents may feel it is a waste of time as their children are not going to benefit from anything  as this type of experience does not improve on their children's academic results. However, overseas learning will teach students to be more independent and appreciative of what they have that others may not. Even if overseas learning does not provide a significant improvement on the student's academics, it helps them to develop in other ways. Going overseas is actually a life changing experience filled with many life lessons, it allows us to communicate with different types of people learning more about their culture. Thus, overseas learning should be  a necessary activity as it allows students to be more respectful and learn to cherish the things that they are able to have.

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Some people may feel that overseas volunteering is very "extra" and that we should spend our money and time doing more "meaningful" things to benefit ourselves more. However, volunteering no matter where you are is extremely meaningful. Not only do you get to observe kids grow the more you volunteer and visit a certain country, you get to have new life stories and a new family too. It teaches things that must be experienced and morals we barely understand today as many of us here barely experience the harsh reality. Volunteering is a way to understand the harsh reality and to conquer it with the help of fellow teammates.

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Opponent might think that it's the same for students to volunteer in their own country and going overseas, so there is no need to make volunteering overseas compulsory. However, volunteering overseas is completely different from volunteering in your motherland. It is necessary for students to know more about the situation overseas, broaden their eyes. Students will also be more independent if they volunteer overseas as they leave their parents.

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Although some people may think that overseas learning is useless and not going to teach us anything. However, i disagree with the statement. We might not learn math, English or science during an overseas trip but we will learn things that are exclusive. We may learn history or another language when we go for an overseas learning trip but the exclusive things we learn overseas are the different cultures and traditions of different people in different countries, we do not have a realistic experience of different culture in classrooms.

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Some people will oppose to the idea of overseas learning trip should be compulsory as they might find the idea of learning about another culture irrelevant and only emphasize on the subject which are important such as Math, English etc. As valid as their point may be, it is important to open the student's eyes metaphorically and allow them to see how different their livelihood is compared to people from another country, this will also help them count their blessings.

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Some people and parents feel that overseas learning is really not compulsory as they think as learning through VIA will not broaden their knowledge and think instead of learning there,they have fun instead.Parents thinks learning at school will really help their children,But Overseas trips really help our knowledge,learning social skills and cultures,religions and values through action which will help them in the future in the real world.

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Opponent may think that overseas trip should not be compulsory because they think that not every family can afford the fees for the child to go for the overseas trip. This may lead to a financial burden to the family. However,  the fees for the overseas trip will be subsidised by the government for all singaporens students. If the students' family cannot afford the fees, they can apply for financial assistant. For example, an overseas trip that may cost $1000 may be subsidised by the government and the students may only need to pay  half of it. For some students who are not abl;e to pay the fees,  the government will financially helped the students with the fees for the overseas trip, so that they are able to go to the trip. Hence, since  all of the students will be able to go to the trip,  the overseas trip should be compulsory for all students.

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The are some people who think that overseas learning should not be compulsory as it would make little to no impact to what we do in Singapore as what we do overseas is different to the curriculum we learn in school. However, there are some things that a textbook is unable to teach us, like morals and values. Allowing overseas learning would be beneficial for students to grow as a person as having good morals would help them to become a better and more refined person through their actions and their thinking.

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If overseas learning is compulsory, it is seen that students would have a chance to go through this rare and new experience and get to learn more things other than those in a book. they would be able to learn survival skills in a different country/ environment and the new cultures. However, some might think that, overseas learning shouldn't be put compulsory as lower income families would definitely face financial difficulties to offer overseas learning for their child. Overseas learning shouldn't be put compulsory so as to allow people to have a freedom of choice.

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opponents might think that students volunteering overseas is not compulsory and irrelevant because of learning things we won't use in the future but however, i find it meaningful as some of us can benefit from volunteering as we are taught life lessons at times. it also helps us to understand what is the livelihood of teenagers that is our age as some of them are really different than us in terms of education. this can also make us more independent and have a mature mindset of what is going on in the world.

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Although overseas learning is seen as an activity that brings a lot of benefits, opponents may think that overseas learning is unnecessary . Parents would think that the valuable lessons would not help with their child's academic results. Some students would also treat overseas learning as a 'holiday' and will not take it seriously. This causes some people to see overseas learning as a waste of time and money. However, overseas learning will teach students to be more independent and appreciative of what they have that others may not. Hence, overseas learning will bring a huge difference to the student's development.

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Some people feel that overseas learning is just a waste of time and that students would not be able to learn anything because they treat it as though it is a holiday. Many parents also feel that it is a waste of money as they do not believe that their child would be able to learn much. However, overseas learning can help the student learn more bout other people living in other parts of the country and reflect.

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Some people feel that overseas learning should be unnecessary. However, opponents may think that Overseas learning should be necessary. This is because they think that overseas learning is a way to broaden the students knowledge of different countries. They are able see many  different things that are rarely seen in their own country and are exposed to the different cultures. This allows them to be able to respect the people of different cultures which also makes them to think twice on whether what they are saying is appropriate to their friends of different cultures so as to not hurt their feelings. Also, they are able to compare their own study environment against the other countries. Which makes them know that they should cherish the environment that they are studying in. Thus, overseas learning should be  a necessary activity as it allows students to be more respectful and learn to cherish the things that they are able to have.

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Some people may think that  trips overseas are unnecessary and is irrelevant  to our  contemporary society in which academics are viewed as more important and superior. Especially during such crucial times when in secondary as our exams deter our future. I understand such point of view as to why trips overseas should not be compulsory as its isnt the  key point of the 'singaorean' standards  of studies. Our standards are on the high side and shall continue to be the focus. However i must disagree with the fact that there arent other things just as important as studies. Things like being kind, having gratitude, being thankful and having wider social awareness in the nation and worldwide. Things like this cannot be obtain with the sole dependence of classroom bound learning.By going out on overseas trips , doing via , meeting people and learning about their life stories, we can get social skills and awareness that the restriction of  being in the classroom cant reach.

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some people think that overseas learning is unnecessary as they believe that students can learn what they learn on school overseas trips in Singapore or in school. However, overseas trips will allow students to learn how privileged they are and they will also learn to be more appreciative of what they have. Furthermore students will learn social skills and how to interact with people.

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Some people feel that overseas learning is a waste of money and time as the students may not be able to fully benefit from it. Most students will have the mindset that these overseas learning are more of a holiday than a learning journey. Therefore, they end up not taking the work seriously and are not able to learn anything which defeats the purpose of overseas learning. However,  it is easier for the students to learn through fun activities that are included in the overseas learning as they are able to experience it themselves therefore deepening their understanding of the things taught.

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Some people think that overseas learning is not important because they think that students are just going to have fun and not learn anything which will be a waste of time. However, overseas learning can help students to be more independent

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Some people feel that going overseas is not valuable as the experience does not help with the children's academic result. As most of the students going overseas would have a mindset that it is a holiday and would take it as a learning experience. Therefore parents would think that it is a waste of money as it would not help their children in their academic education.However, going overseas to learn would be fun for the students and would help them in their communication skills in the future as they would be working with people from overseas. Also when students found that learning is fun, They tend to listen more attentively and learn more.

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Although overseas trip is seen as a trouble and waste of money, it is due to their belief that everything needed to be learned can be learned right in their home country and schools, there is no need to go out and learn unecassary things overseas that they think wouldnt help them in getting a job and providing for themselves. Money is also a concern as some think that it is too much to spend on overseas learning which is seen as additional spending on a child's education when they can have it normally in school. However, they miss out the fact that going overseas is actually a life changing experience filled with many life lessons, cultural exposure and it allows us to communicate with different types of people.

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some people think that overseas learning is not beneficial and not important at all. some people think that there's no point venturing out to new countries to learn and help out when you can't even do that in your own country. People also think that overseas learning trips are just for the sake of fun and that students can learn nothing from them. However, not being given this type of exposure will mean that when the child grows up, he/she may not be able to interact and work with other people well and he/she will not be able to adapt to new surroundings.

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Some people think that going overseas is not beneficial  because what we do overseas to help, does not make much of an impact on the  lives of the people that we are helping, and that the help we give is minimal and forgettable. However, even though each person's work might be minimal, over time, if everyone plays their part, we can make a huge impact on their lives. As one person we might be forgotten, but as a community of volunteers who have helped out, the impact we make can be huge.

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One of the reasons that make people feel that overseas learning is not important is the fact that they do not understand that this can help build up a student's character awhile also helping with their academic performance. When overseas learning is presented, many might think that it is just a sort of 'holiday' for the students while in fact, having this practical way of learning, can develop their values further and also give them insight of the world beyond their country which can help with their academic studies.

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One of the reasons that schools force students to go overseas learning is to toughen them up through harsh environments. However students who are dependent in the first place will not try to go out or adventure in new grounds. Independent students will do what the school expects the students to do, but since they are already independent, it does not really matter. It will end up as a waste of time and none will benefit from it.

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Many parents felt that overseas learning is not valuable as this type of experience does not improve on their children's academic results. However, although overseas learning does not provide a significant improvement on academy, it helps students to develop in other ways. During overseas journeys, they are able to experience the different cultures in different countries. They can also learn life skills through these activities. This experiences may not help the children in their academy, but they definitely beneficial for the students when they move on to work in the society.

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Some people feel that going overseas will not benefit them as it might interfere with their studies and some students might think it is a holiday instead of a learning journey as they are traveling to other countries

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Some people feels that oversea learning is not beneficial and should focus on academics as they think overseas learning is just for having fun and not learning.
However, if they do not go for overseas trips, their knowledge will only be bound to textbook and worksheets,  they will lose the chance to experience it and textbook, worksheets may only briefly go through the fact or not even covering it.

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Some people feel that schools should not make overseas learning a compulsory part of education as students can focus more on studies. However, if they study too much, it may hurt their development in other skills such as social skills.

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Some parents feel that overseas learning is unnecessary and students should just focus more on their academics as they have a mindset that overseas learning does not benefit their child but just for having the laughter and fun.However, if they do not go for overseas learning,their knowledge of whats going in other countries, and they may lose the sense of empathy to help others.