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Some people think that young people should choose their professions themselves. Other believe that their parents should choose for them. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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One of the most controversial issues today relates to how young people have to choose their professions: by themselves or thanks to their parents’ helps. On one side of the argument, there are people who argue that the benefits of choosing the profession by themselves is considerably
outweigh
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outweighed
 its disadvantages. The main reason for believing
this
 is that young people can follow their attitudes without any pressure from outside. It is
also
 possible to say that many people have been influenced by their parents and it has caused depression and unhappiness.
On the other hand
,
it
it is
it's
also
 possible to make the opposing case. It is often argued that in
fact letting
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fact, letting
 the parents decide is much easier. People often have
this
 opinion because young people are usually not sure about the future and the world of
job
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the job
jobs
. A particularly good
examples
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example
 here is that, in most of
cases
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the cases
, sons follow the same working way of their parents. As a matter of fact, if the father is a lawyer, most likely sons will be too. As we have seen, there are no easy answers to
this
 question. On balance,
however
, I tend to believe that should be better let people free to decide and free to make mistakes. Ideas and attitudes can change and would be necessary to follow one’s own path without any interference. Anyway, I understand that
this
 is not easy, because of the responsibilities we have
everyday
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every day
.
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
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