A person’s worth nowadays seems to be judged according to social status and material possessions. Old-fashioned values, such as no longer seem important. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

In the present moment sadly people tend to judge others by their social and financial status , whereas before the personal skills and trustworthy persons were more appreciated . From my point of view , kindness and emotional values are more important than the material
possesions
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.
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essay will discuss both views and reach a conclusion . On the one hand , nowadays wealth is promoted at
large
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scale in social media and
unfortunatelly
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unfortunately
the young generation is inspired by the glamourous
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presented by their role model .
Therefore
, they believe that a financially potent
person
is fulfilled on the professional plan as well as the emotional one .
Moreover
, the individuals who display a high social status could
also
be seen as a source of inspiration for the ones that are not at the same level .
For instance
, Jeff Besos the
owener
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owner
of Amazon has 1 million followers on Instagram , not because he has an admirable physical image , but because he is the richest
person
in the world .
Nevertheless
, the
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is far from being true because
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public individuals are only showing the results but not the process .
On the other hand
, in everyday's life kindness is the most important quality that a
person
could hold ,
thus
youngsters should be educated to recognise a
geniune
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genuine
person
. To continue , taking into consideration the ongoing problems world-wide at the moment , a clear example of kindness is the volunteers around the world , who are working without any financial reward , to help the less fortunate citizens from the poor countries .
In addition
, any material goods could be bought but , being able to trust someone in my opinion is the best achievement in life . In conclusion ,
although
the social status could be a
classifing
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classifying
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factor for some individuals , I believe that
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old-fashioned values should be more appreciated and valued .
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • social status
  • material possessions
  • judged
  • old-fashioned values
  • perception
  • worthiness
  • external indicators
  • internal qualities
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