I earned my civil engineering degree by ___________ as a carpenter in the 1980s.

To have __________ plus little flexibility is the worst of both worlds.

I have worked like hell, often ___________, trying to build the business and stay ahead of the competition.

Attempts to do away with some _________ often face resistance from parents, who worry that their offspring could lose out in the race to get into a good university.

Children don’t have the same social filters and are more __________ while adult learning needs to be scaffolded or they risk losing their intrinsic motivation and focus.

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The existing schooling system fails to educate pupils in several imperative areas crucial to __________, such as negotiation skills, taxation, budgeting and investment skills, basic cooking skills and straightforward survival skills.

The vast majority of content pupils are educated on is in fact _______ the world we live in.

Business and finance skills are essential in every adult’s day-to-day life, whereas other subjects that are prioritised many a time are disputably _________ and far from necessary.

There is almost no limit to the roles a teacher may play. In addition to ensuring that students experience _________, teachers must also _________ surrogate parents, mentors and counselors, and even almost-politicians.

Studying arts subjects helps to develop critical thinking and the ability to _______ the world around us.

The vast majority of jobs do not specify the subject studied at university; all degree courses equip you with a wide range of valuable ________.