Do-you-agree-or-disagree-with-the-following-statem

1.Doyouagreeordisagreewiththefollowingstatement?Parentsarethebestteachers.Usespecificreasonsandexamplestosupportyouranswer.Throughoutmylife,Ihavebeenluckyenoughtohaveaverygoodrelationshipwithmyparents.Theyhavesupportedme,givenmenecessarycriticism,andtaughtmeagreatdealabouthowtolivemylife.Parentscanbeveryimportantteachersinourlives;however,theyarenotalwaysthebestteachers.Parentsmaybetooclosetotheirchildrenemotionally.Sometimestheycanonlyseetheirchildrenthoughtheeyesofaprotector.Forexample,theymaylimitachild'sfreedominthenameofsafety.Ateachermightseeatriptoabigcityasavaluablenewexperience.However,itmightseemtoodangeroustoaparent.Anotherproblemisthatparentsmayexpecttheirchildren'sintereststobesimilartotheirown.Theycan'tseemtoseparatefromtheirchildrenintheirmind.Iftheylovescience,theymaytrytoforcetheirchildtolovesciencetoo.Butwhatiftheirchild'strueloveisart,orwriting,orcarrepair?Parentsareusuallyeagertopassontheirvaluetotheirchildren.Butshouldchildrenalwaysbelievewhattheirparentsdo?Maybedifferentgenerationsneeddifferentwaysofthinking.Whenchildrenareyoung,theybelievethattheirparentsarealwaysrights.Butwhentheygetolder,theyrealizethereareotherviews.Sometimesparents,especiallyolderones,can'tkeepupwithrapidsocialortechnologychanges.Astudentwhohasfriendsofalldifferentracesandbackgroundsatschoolmayfindthatherparentsdon'treallyunderstandorvaluethedigitalrevolution.Sometimeskidshavetofindtheirownwaystowhattheybelievein.Themostimportantthingtorealizeisthatweallhavemanyteachersinourlives.Ourparentsteachus,ourteachersteachus,andourpeersteachus.Booksandnewspapersandtelevisionalsoteachus.Allofthemarevaluable.#(Booksandnewspapers):Books,newspapers4.Ithasbeensaid,“Noteverythingthatislearnediscontainedinbooks.”Compareandcontrastknowledgegainedfromexperiencewithknowledgegainedfrombooks.Inyouropinion,whichsourceismoreimportant?Why?“Experienceisthebestteacher”isanoldcliché,butIagreewithit.Themostimportant,andsometimesthehardest,lessonswelearninlifecomefromourparticipationinsituations.Youcan’learneverythingfromabook.Ofcourse,learningfrombooksinaformaleducationalsettingisalsovaluable.It’sinschoolsthatwelearntheinformationweneedtofunctioninoursociety.Welearnhowtospeakandwriteandunderstandmathematicalequations.Thisisallinformationthatweneedtoliveinourcommunitiesandearnaliving.Nevertheless,Ithinkthatthemostimportantlessonscan’tbetaught;theyhavetobeexperienced.Noonecanteachushowtogetalongwithothersorhowtohaveself-respect.Aswegrowfromchildrenintoteenagers,noonecanteachushowtodealwithpeerpressure.Asweleaveadolescencebehindandenteradultlife,noonecanteachushowtofallinloveandgetmarried.Thisshouldn’tstopusfromlookingforguidelinesalongtheway.Teachersandparentsarevaluablesourcesofadvicewhenwe’reyoung.Asweenterintonewstagesinourlives,theadvicewereceivefromthemisveryhelpfulbecausetheyhavealreadybadsimilarexperiences.Butexperiencingourowntriumphsanddisastersisreallytheonlywaytolearnhowtodealwithlife.10”Whenpeoplesucceed,itisbecauseofhardwork,Luckhasnothingtodowithsuccess.”Doyouagreeordisagreewiththequotationabove?Usespecificandexamplestoexplainyourposition.Whenpeoplesucceed,itisbecauseofhardwork,butluckhasalottodowithit,too.Successwithoutsomeluckisalmostimpossible.TheFrenchemperorNapoleonsaidofoneofhisgenerals,“Iknowhe’sgood.Butishelucky?”Napoleonknewthatallthehardworkandtalentintheworldcan’tmakeupforbadluck.However,hardworkcaninvitegoodluck.Whenitcomestosuccess,luckcanmeanbeingintherightplacetomeetsomeone,orhavingtherightskillstogetajobdone.Itmightmeanturningdownanofferandthenhavingabetteroffercomealong.Nothingcanreplacehardwork,butworkinghardalsomeansyou’repreparingyourselfopportunity.Opportunityveryoftendependsonluck.Howmanyofthegreatinventionsanddiscoveriescameaboutthroughaluckymistakeoraluckychance?OneofthebiggestluckymistakesinhistoryisColumbus’so-calleddiscoveryofAmerica.Heenrichedhissponsorsandchangedhistory,buthewasreallylookingforIndia.However,Columbus’chancediscoverywasn’tpureluck.Itwasbackedupbyyearsofstudyingandcalculating.Heworkedhardtoprovehistheorythattheworldwasround.Successthatcomesfrompureluckandnohardworkcanbearealproblem.Forexample,considerateenagegirlwhobecomesamoviestar.Imagineshe’sbeenpickedfromnowherebecauseofherlooks.Sheisgoingtofeelveryinsecure,becausesheknowsshedidn’tdoanythingtoearnherstardom.Ontheotherhand,thinkaboutanactresswho’sspendyearslearningandworkingathercraft.Whenshefinallyhasgoodluckandbecomesasuccess,shewillhandlestardombetter,sheknowssheearnsit.Peoplewhoworkhardhelpmaketheirownluckbybeingreadyopportunityknocks.Whenitcomestosuccess.Ithinkthathardworkandlucksohandinhand.11Doyouagreeordisagreewiththefollowingstatement?Universitiesshouldgivethesameamountofmoneytotheirstudents'sportsactivitiesastheygivetotheiruniversitylibraries.Usespecificreasonsandexamplestosupportyouropinion.Idisagreestronglywiththeideathatthesameamountofmoneyshouldgotouniversitysportsactivitiesastouniversitylibraries.Althoughplayingsportsisawonderfulwaytolearnaboutteamwork,strategyandreachingyourgoals,itshouldnotbetheprincipalfocusofauniver