Some people think that a sense of competition in children should be encouraged. Others believe that children who are taught to co-operate rather than compete become more useful adults. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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some views believe that making a
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among students is very useful way of learning, others convinced that collaboration would work more effectively.
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and foremost, many teachers strongly believe that
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between students have brought a long-term
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to divide students in levels based on their capability. One reason for
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making a well-suitable plan to improve students’ skills and abilities to reach toward better level. In other side, it can be argued that there are a great number of teachers
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denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
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the students’ levels
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, surveys emphasize that students who taught collectively rather than competitively have a strong personality and more self confidence owing to their ability of thinking more clearly and subjectively valued. In conclusion, opinion is divided
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contentious issue, but in my
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perspective, even
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in specific cases could be considered motivated, it can lead a detrimental
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it may lead to a
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situation when they become adults at least until a regulated an coordinated competitive system is set up, because it lead
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bullying from arrogant students.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • encourage
  • compete
  • cooperate
  • useful
  • adults
  • skills
  • motivation
  • drive
  • resilience
  • failure
  • workplace
  • empathy
  • social skills
  • reduce
  • stress
  • pressure
  • balanced
  • approach
  • ideal
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