Hello everyone!! I just took an argumentative writing test on Lawhub for the first time, and I want to know how is this from your perspective. I have less than a month to study for taking the real test. I would love to hear every advice you can give me!!!! Here is my writing:

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Emphasizing career preparation over teaching general, broad knowledge would be a serious mistake which is to be avoided at all costs. The general knowledge acquired through one's university studies are so valuable that those without it could find moving in life a lot difficult. The university education is an investment in the first place. This investment, while partly being about having a good career path, is still, a beautiful way for discovering and building oneself. 

Building upon this argument I will be in an agreement with the ideas from the second perspective. University is a place and time where you discover yourself, where all the knowledge acquired is stepping tool not only for getting a great job after graduating, but also for finding who you are and what your own perspectives are. Illustrating from my own experience I would emphasize how transformative the university experience was for me. Before starting my degree I thought only about what kind of job I will get and how much it will pay me while not even thinking about if I would like what I will do or not. I have acquired broad range of knowledge even from my first year of university which helped me realize of how little I know about my own self and about everything else. Every opinion, every perspective I had before starting the university has been redefined or at least, changed in some way. This change not only helped me in understanding my own values but also helped me to change my career path. I realized that I am not who I was before and I, probably, never even wanted this career path. This realization was only possible through acquisition of broad knowledge that was given by the university. If we consider the alternative option, if my university was fully focused on teaching me about my career and how to excel in this path, I would have chosen a path that wasn't mine to follow. So, broad knowledge might not directly influence how strong of a candidate or how successful employee one will be, it, nevertheless, directly guides one to the path one should and ultimately wants to take.

As we can observe in perspective one, the emphasis on career education leaves out the opportunity of discovering oneself. While I fully recognize that the argument stated in this perspective regarding today's job market is probably correct, still such a view of university education leads one to live for work and not use work for living. Another interesting point is made regarding contributions, specifically - contributing to society which is something that will be achieved even without career education. The knowledge acquired through university creates broad skills that can be useful in so many instances that one could contribute to society in so many different ways rather than being professional in only one route. 

While I defend broad teaching by universities, I, nonetheless, understand that a lot of students have sole motivation to be as successful as they can in their respective career path. This motivations would lead one to emphasize career readiness more than knowledge of different subjects. But this is mainly what I was arguing in the preceding paragraphs, this is the example of someone who found their own way and wants to follow it. But while teaching broad knowledge could help diverse range of students, such approach as career education is mainly beneficial to those students who have already found their way and their identity. This is while being unjust, is also depraving career focused students from discovering a lot more than they think is possible. Even if they don't discover anything new, nonetheless, they will be certainly sure on their chosen path and ideas.

As I defend teaching broad knowledge, I must emphasize, in case there is a counter argument that this way is not creating ready students for their career, that this broad knowledge leads one to be able to adapt to different environments, and in turn prepares one to take on wide range of career paths and responsibilities. The skills acquired from broad knowledge are essential for achieving a beautiful and wholeheartedly desired life, while skill for career success can be earned through working, The time in university is not unlimited, thus it would be best used to acquire as much knowledge as possible and discover deeply who one is and what life they desire the most.