Teacher and Parent

Topic:Some people think that teachers at school are more responsible for children’s intellectual and social development than parent.

To what extent do you agree or disagree? What is your personal opinion? Most children have two main educators in their lives- their parents and teachers, both of them play crucial roles in their growth. However, it is controversial on whether teachers have more responsibilities to this than parents. My personal view is that the obligation of educating children should be definitely taken by schooling with teachers instead of parents.Undoubtedly, educators at school have more time to stay with children than parents, which means that they have more opportunities to understand what students think about and what they want to pursue. In many countries, children are required to stay at school for five days out of a week, in which teachers can impart theoretical knowledge and practical skills to students to help them improve their intelligence. Meanwhile, children can enhance their social skills by learning how the teaching staff solve conflicts between students.

By contrast, parents are at a disadvantage in terms of time and energy because most of them are doing a full-time job to earn a living and raise their children. Since the main aim of educators is to foster the next generation, teachers should hold more responsible for children’s cultivation. Another reason is that teaching staff are more professional in terms of promoting children’s intelligence and interpersonal skills that parents. Before becoming an eligible teacher, one need to experience arduous and long training so that he or she is more easy to understand children’s psychological activities and needs.Such an experience enable them more suitable and competent to teach children effectively and productively.

Compared to these professionals, many parents even do not know how to train their ‘apples’ and what they do usually is to buy them study items they need and to allow them do as they please. To conclude, although children’s intellectual and social development should depend more on teacher, parents who act as the first teachers are also in duty bound. All children should study a foreign language in school, starting in the earliest grades.To what extent do you agree or dis agree with this statement? Children are taught with native language in early age.

In other words, they study in native language when they are in primary level of study. Foreign language or international language is indispensable for everyone. In this matter of fact, children should study foreign language in earliest grades. Foreign language, especially English language is prominent language in the world.

Because of globalization, human resource ought to be transferred to foreign countries as labour, technician, experts and so on.Multinational companies hair only the people who have good language skills. Additionally, in this globalized world, diplomatic relation is crucial. That is why, bureaucracy of every sovereign countries require proficient government employees.

For this reason, people who compete for public service commission must be efficient in language skill. Language skill plays vital role in a persons career. Language skill titivates a person and he looks a good personality. Language skills confer one a higher strata in society. Who posses language skill get good position in work place.As a result of which, his earning will be high.

As mention earlier, globalization has brought opportunity for people who are proficient. Not only employer seeks them within country but also foreign companies offer them good job. Most importantly, students seek the field of study which has good scope in job market. Good educational institutions are in western countries and they require good proficiency in English language.

That is why, it is better possessing foreign language skill. In conclusion, studying foreign language is necessary to get high strata in society.To build ones personalities with the kinship of such personality latter generation become beneficial. Everybody should be allowed admission to university study programs regardless of their academic ability" To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. I do believe that all people, regardless of their academic ability, should be given the opportunity to study at a university because grades may show how students do at school, but they fail to really show the capability of a student.Yes, there may be some students who do not desire a higher education, and that is fine, but there will be students who finally realize they would like a brighter, more educational future.

In addition, not only would a majority of people be unemployed due to not having proper education or qualifications, there could be higher crime rates, and more violence in the world. Not only does being allowed admission to university grant the student additional time focusing on their studies, but also, students would focus more on positive aspects of life rather than the negative.When I was much younger, in middle school, I was an indolent student. I did not see the point in studying and always failed to meet my parents expectations academically.

It took me 5 years to finally realize it but now I see that I do want to succeed in life and have a brighter future. To do this, I realized I would need to try much harder in school and be fully devoted to getting higher education. This is what pushed me to do better. Yes, my past grades do not show that I wanted to do better academically, but I believe I have changed.

I am now motivated to succeed in life and I would like to receive a higher education.I think this should count for something and I would like to be admitted into a university program. I assure you there are thousands of individuals out there who are just like me and regret being ignorant and lazy at school. I assure you there are thousands of others who do mediocre at school but want to do much better. I believe all people should be given the chance to go to university, regardless of what their grades or transcript might have shown then.

If students desire to succeed, even at the last minute, they should be granted a chance at university study programs.With more and more people communicating via computers and mobile telephones there is a real danger that we are losing the ability to communicate with others face to face. Do you agree or disagree? People are more dependent on technology these days. With technology, people become less diligent and prefer to do something in short and simple way; communication for example. I agree that people will lose their ability to communicate with others face to face because the raise of technology such as computers and mobile phones.

This will make people do more writing than speaking, thus their communication skill are sinking. People who communicate through text and chat messenger on computers and mobile phones are used to do more writing rather than speaking. So that when they have a face to face conversation with someone, they will have difficulty on expressing their idea directly because as we write, we can fix our sentence by add some suitable words or delete inappropriate words. While speaking is more spontaneous, we cannot change the words that we spoke.Moreover, people are prefer to communicate with someone virtually because sometimes the people that we want to communicate with in person are not as friendly as they are in virtual chatting so when those two people meet, they will have an awkward moment.

On contrary, technology makes people get closer easily because we can still keep in touch with someone who live far miles away. With computers and mobile phones, we can communicate with people from different cultures and increase our communication skill by having conversation with them either through texting or video chatting.In conclusion, I believe with more people communicating virtually using communication devices will endanger their ability to communicate with others face to face. Because it will makes people not used to express their idea spontaneously and correctly. Going overseas for university study is an exciting prospect for many people.

But while it may offer some advantages, it is probably better to stay home because of the difficulties a student inevitably encounters living and studying in a different culture. To what extent do you agree or disagree with ... aveling abroad provides various opportunities.

Students, however, may get concerned about whether they should study abroad or not. It is commonly believed that students with overseas education tend to get the edge over other students. On the other hand, there are problems that international students could encouter and therefore should be taken into consideration. Both sides of the argument will be critiqued before a well-reasoned conclusion is formed. People who have earned a degree outside the country are seen as more successful than those who got their degree locally.

For example, in the Philippines, particularly in my hometown, a majority of my former classmates who chose to continue their studies abroad have acquired better jobs than the ones confined to the local universities. Additionally, an education accomplished abroad is preferred by most employers. Thus, it is clear why many prefer to travel abroad for education. However, some believe that studying abroad could lead to quite a few problems and hindrances.

As an example, students need a great deal of funding in order to pursue a degree overseas.The cost of a whole year education in the country could be equated to just a month of studying abroad. In fact, local universities are also able to produce top quality graduates able to compete with international students even if the expenses differ by large. Another problem is the need to adjust to other cultures which may vary differently from the one of the student's country.

This may either lead to a culture shock or give the student difficulty in adjusting to the new environment. Because of this it is easy to understand why some people prefer to study in a local University.After analyzing both sides of the debate, it is difficult not to side with the more practical approach of local education because local universities are able to compete with the international graduates. Studying the English language in an English-speaking country is the best but not the only way to learn the language. Do you agree with this statement? The English language is one of the most learned and popular languages in the world. Almost all over the world English is a compulsory subject both in the school and university curriculum.

There are a lot of English language courses in both English-speaking and non- English-speaking countries.No doubt, learning English in the English-speaking countries is the best way and can be described as more advisable and interesting. First of all, one is immersed in the English atmosphere. Secondly, it may be very enjoyable and adventurous to learn about culture and traditions of a foreign country. Thirdly, all teachers are native speakers in the English-speaking countries.

Finally, there is a great chance of making friends with people from different countries as English courses in English-speaking countries are usually quite multinational. However, I do not fully agree with the above statement.For example, let's compare my two friends who have been English learners for two years. One of my friends started her course in Great Britain when her level of English was intermediate and, when she returned from studies which took her eight months, her level was upper-intermediate. The other friend was also at the same level as the first friend when she began her upper-intermediate course but in her home country, which is non -English- speaking country. In eight months since starting their upper-intermediate courses, they both took IELTS exams and passed them with the same scores.

In summary, I firmly believe that people who have the golden opportunity of having their English lessons in any English-speaking country are certainly lucky, but the result of learning first of all depends on the patience and diligence of English-language learners. Using a computer every day can have more negative than positive effects on children. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. In today's modern world, computers are an essential part of everyday life.

Around the globe, children often use computers from a very young age.Although it is important for children to participate in various well-balanced activities, in my opinion, children who use the computer daily are actually developing a critical skill for future success. The bases for my views are personal, academic, and professional. From a personal point of view, computers are an invaluable resource to help young people explore the world around them.

For example, children who use Internet to satisfy their curiosity about diverse topics are already becoming independent learners. No child with a computer is ever bored!By starting early in their lives, children feel totally at ease around computers; they are also able to take advantage of the wide range of services computers provide. From an academic viewpoint, children have no choice but to master this technological invention. For instance, when I was in university, students brought their laptops to class to take notes, do research and exchange information. They wrote assignments, created presentations and developed databases.

Children who build early confidence and experience in these abilities are at a distinct advantage over those who have not.From a professional perspective, the computer has found a permanent place in the workplace. Today, employers still pay to provide computer training to their employees. Tomorrow, corporations will expect prospective job applicants to already possess these critical job skills.

Consequently, parents who encourage their child to use the computer for a reasonable period of time daily are in fact investing in the child's future career. In conclusion, there is no doubt that the computer as a technological tool is here to stay. The sooner children become computer-literate, the better for many aspects of their future lives.Some business prohibit smoking in any of their offices. Some governments have banned smoking in all public places. Do you agree or disagree? In recent years, smoking in public places has become a controversial issue while lots of people still start smoking every days.

Yet it should be borne in mind that new scientific research has shown that smoking was really harmful by causing cancers and other diseases. That is why we have to consider the bright and seamy sides of banishing smoking in all public places such as restaurants, coffee shops, bars and offices as well.On one hand, smoking has been prohibited in public places due to the fact that it is most of the time disturbing non smokers people. Indeed the smoke created by a cigarette alight causes some people to cough and besides the smell being strong it can stay on clothes for several days, which can annoy everyone. On top of that, research has proved that smoking was exposing people and particularly non smokers and children (as they are not used to smoke) to a certain amount of chemicals present in a single cigarette such as tar and carbon.This is one of the reason why smoking has been banished as it provokes lung cancers and other bad and important diseases.

Moreover it harms unborn babies as the chemicals are absorbed through the umbilical cord. On the other hand, governments should have asked people s opinion about prohibiting smoking in public places as it is part of people s liberty of acting. Moreover some restaurants, bars and coffee shops has decided to create a smoking area for smokers, it is however not all of them doing so.There is therefore an inequality and people have then to smoke outside most of the time, isolating themselves and thus creating a gap between smokers and non smokers. Besides if it was really harmful, why should nt the government completely banish smoking instead of making profits on tobacco sales? Smokers are generally unwelcomed in some places and sometimes discriminated at work as they usually need a smoking break.

All in all, I agree that banishing smoking in public places is a good fact. As a non smoker, I enjoy my time in a public place considerably much better when it is forbidden to smoke.