Sample 28
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.
Writeaboutthefollowingtopic:
Do youagreeordisagreewiththefollowingstatement?Parentsarethebest
teachers.
Usespecificreasonsandexamplestosupportyouranswer.
Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourown
knowledgeorexperience.
Writeatleast 250 words.
modelanswer:
Throughoutmylife,Ihavebeenlucky
enoughto haveavery goodrelationshipwithmy parents.They havesupportedme,
givenmenecessarycriticism,andtaughtmeagreatdealabouthowtolivemylife.
Parentscan beveryimportantteachersin ourlives;however,theyarenotalwaysthe
bestteachers.
Parentsmay betooclosetotheirchildrenemotionally.Sometimestheycan onlysee
theirchildrenthoughtheeyesofa protector.Forexample,theymaylimitachild’s
freedominthenameofsafety. Ateachermightseeatriptoabigcityasa valuablenew
experience.However,itmightseemtoo dangeroustoaparent.Anotherproblemisthat
parentsmayexpecttheirchildren’sintereststo besimilartotheirown.Theycan’tseem
toseparatefromtheirchildrenintheirmind.Iftheylovescience,theymaytrytoforce
theirchildtolovesciencetoo.Butwhatiftheirchild’strueloveisart, orwriting, orcar
repair?
Parentsareusuallyeagerto passontheir valuetotheirchildren.Butshouldchildren
alwaysbelievewhattheirparentsdo?Maybedifferentgenerationsneed differentways
ofthinking.Whenchildrenare
young,they believethattheirparentsarealwaysrights.Butwhenthey getolder,they
realizethereareotherviews.Sometimesparents,especially olderones,can’tkeep up
withrapidsocialortechnologychanges.Astudentwho hasfriendsofalldifferentraces
and backgroundsatschoolmayfindthather parentsdon’treally understand orvalue
thedigitalrevolution.Sometimeskids havetofindtheirownwaystowhatthey believe
in.
Themostimportantthingtorealizeisthatweallhavemanyteachersin ourlives.
Ourparentsteach us, ourteachersteach us,and ourpeersteach us.Booksand
newspapersandtelevisionalsoteach us.Allofthemarevaluable.
( 316 words)
Sample 29