Task 2: For school children, their teachers have more influence on their intelligence and social development than their parents. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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It is a fact that excellent,
knowledgable
highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
knowledgeable
and experienced teachers will help students to learn knowledge at
school
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. Children's teachers will play a crucial role in helping their students to become more intelligent and to improve social development.
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, I personally disagree that parents have less influence on their children's intelligence and social development than teachers.  To
beginning
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begin
with, parents are their children's primary care givers and will spend many times with their children. During
school
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time, children go to
school
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to obtain knowledge by learning different kinds of subjects;
however
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, what they learn are all from text books or labs and after
school
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, parents are their mentors in their daily lives and teach their children a variety of thinking skills. Children apply what they learned at
school
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to solve problems via their teacher's guiding
 .
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For example
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, children with good parents' support and guiding will do better at schools and have good careers in their future.
Moreover
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, high intelligence
are inherited
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is inherited
by genes from parents.
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,  children's social development includes many contents,
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as interpersonal skills, communication skills and so on. It is definite that teachers will help their students to practice their communication skills via a variety of activities in classes;
however
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, it
take
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takes
long time for children to master social skills. Children have been  learning these skills since they were born. Their parents are their
first
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teachers. Researches
indicates
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indicate
that children who parents talked to them more in infant time will have better communication skills. These children tend to have better capacity of expressing themselves. In conclusion, at
school
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teachers teach many knowledges and all kinds of skills to their students;
however
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, parents pass more knowledge to their children during their lives and teach their children to master social skills. Parents play a more important role in influencing their children to become smarter and more competent than teachers.
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

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Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • foundational role
  • structured influence
  • critical thinking
  • problem-solving skills
  • appetite for learning
  • curriculum
  • learning styles
  • socialize
  • cooperate
  • navigate social norms
  • underestimated
  • role models
  • confined
  • academic year
  • life lessons
  • formative years
  • moral and behavioral development
  • supportive home environment
  • reinforcing
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