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.

Nowadays, social status is more important to survive in
this
competitive world. If the people
is maintaining
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are maintaining
a good car and a big house is considered as rich and is treated
as good human
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as a good human
. In my
opinion judging
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opinion, judging
a person through its material things is not a good thing as
humanity
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humane
and moral values are more important.
Furthermore
, it is true that in todays
society people
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society, people
give more respect to rich people.
For instance
, in my
society
the person who is holding a Mercedes Benz a big villa in a city is treated as
most cultured
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more cultured
and rich person. Even though he
dont have
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doesn't have
don't have
a proper ethics and not much qualified and is given more importance as compare to the middle man with
higher degree
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a higher degree
and a kind heart. Being rich is not easy
nowadays but
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nowadays, but
to help poor is very important which can be seen very
rare
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rarely
.
On the other hand
, I believe that people who are earning less has great values and kind nature as
compare
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compared
to rich people and even
this
is mostly seen in rural cities. In present
world it's
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world, it's
impossible to trust people, and the values and ethics are seen very
rare
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rarely
.
For instance
, before if people who is having gold is considered to be rich. But now we can see the values kindness and trust is no longer important. To conclude as the present world is changing rapidly its difficult for the people to carry the values and believe the
society
, by
this
we can find no family bondings and no family gatherings. And can find people are busy in maintaining
there
of them or themselves
their
social status which is a bad impact on
there
of them or themselves
their
coming generations and
society
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Social status
  • Material possessions
  • Old-fashioned values
  • Honour
  • Kindness
  • Trust
  • Judged
  • Importance
  • Traditional
  • Reflection
  • Achievements
  • Hard work
  • Disregarded
  • Well-balanced
  • Meaningful
  • Cultural norms
  • Societal norms
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