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.

“Nothing is more deceitful than appearances”, Jane Austen’s main moral lesson in her famous novel “The Pride and The Prejudice”. It is conspicuous that many people nowadays tend to judge others according to their social status, amount of earnings, and wealth. Honesty, perseverance, ethics, and kindness are some old fashioned virtues that no longer seem essential. From my personal perspective, I strongly disagree on judging others according to their social ranks for a plethora of reasons.

First

of all, judging people by their appearances, especially in wealthy people is considered a sort of social bullying.

For instance

, In Egypt, many researchers recorded plenty of suicide cases due to that kind of social harassment. One of them was for a 21 year old young man who committed suicide due to a well-known company's refusal for his recruitment.

Although

the young man was highly qualified for the job and had a good reputation, good personal traits

such

as honesty, trust, and perseverance, but the company justified that he didn’t fit for the job because of his bad taste in clothes

besides

to his lower social class. Differentiating between people according to social status can widen the gap between the classes of the society and can result in racism, segregation, and discrimination growth.

Secondly

, as it is demanded to judge

people according

Accept comma addition

people, according

to social status, It is

also

essential to be fair enough with people who didn’t have the chance to live in a good social conditions.

This

doesn’t mean that all of the wealthy people lack morals and virtues, but it simply means that we need to judge people by the quality of their work to be just enough for everyone. Shedding the light on people’s good values and highlighting their good morals and qualities

such

as honesty, bravery, loyalty, and trust is inevitable when judging others. In conclusion, the issue of judging people will always be a debatable topic. As it’s mentioned previously, regardless one’s material possessions, everyone should be judged by the quality of his/her personal traits.