ELA Programs Vs STEM Programs

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Throughout the years many high schools are beginning to drift their attention away from ElA programs and shifting it more toward STEM programs. STEM programs help with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. While, ELA programs help english and language arts. Through the years we have forgotten that both programs have an equal importance. No program should be above the other because the skills you need in one you learn from the other. Therefore I believe, that ELA programs and STEM programs should be in equal balance with the other because both provide students with excellent education, give students many alternatives before choosing a career, and both programs help skill them for the real world. What do you learn in ELA programs?

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