A person’s worth nowadays seems to be judged according to social status and material possessions. Old-fashioned values, such as honour, kindness and trust, no longer seem important. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

The world has experienced countless advances in various aspects,

for instance

-law and technology-

alas it

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alas, it

seems that despite the awareness campaigns

of

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on

human rights and poverty, humanity is gradually dwindling rather than progressing. Awareness campaigns,

although

beneficial in numerous ways, have

also

served to have a

detrimetal

(sometimes followed by 'to') causing harm or injury

detrimental

affect

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

effect

on the outlook of an individual towards his fellow human beings. Individuals and society as a whole has become hyper-aware about material

posessions

the act of having and controlling property

possessions

and social

status

.

This

has led to three basic situations:

Firstly

, there are people who embrace

this

awareness negatively- meaning that they show blatant disdain or indifference towards people of lower social

status

and admiration towards people of a higher social

status

.

For example

.

children

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Children

are often bullied in school because of their low social

status

and

thus

, their inability to purchase expensive items. The

second

brand of people

are

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is

those who embrace

this

awareness

postively

extremely

positively

- meaning that they show kindness and compassion towards people of lower social

status

,

however

, some of these people hold certain - perhaps unfair- expectations of generosity from people of a higher socioeconomic

status

. These two types of people, intentionally or unintentionally, judge others based on their material possessions and

thus

, cause separations between people of differing wealth, which

consequently

, serves to fragment society and burden relationships between individuals. Society was most certainly not like

this

some years ago,

this

is due to the fact that

such

campaigns were scarce in olden times. Material prosperity was an observation, not an aspect to be mindful of.

Although

, discrimination did indeed exist, people more often than not, used other factors to determine their worth and the worth of those around them. In a room, people would judge each other based on courage, sense of justice and kindness. I agree to a great extent that people are judged based on their material possessions which can be seen in the way people react to different socioeconomic groups.