Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In the past, young people depended too much on their parents to make decisions for them; today young people are better able to make decisions about their own lives. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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The ability to make decisions can be considered as one of the important signs of maturity. Because it proves that the individual’s personality is developed enough to choose the right path in
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. Even though some
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believe that today, young
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are better decision-makers, due to
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life style
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changes, I disagree with
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belief for two important reasons.
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, in the past,
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used to get married
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very young ages. The youth was both mentally and physically prepared for early marriage. By marriage, there is no chance of staying dependent
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family.
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, my grandmother was born in one of the countries of Tabriz. She has
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many stories about young
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life
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getting married
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ages
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16. She has explained that the
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were used to become housekeepers
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very young ages and
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gave birth before they were 18 years old.
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rapid development of
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for those young
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made the
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totally autonomous. My grandmother has gotten married when she was 16 and she was pregnant by 19. She says that she had no choice but
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becoming dependent.
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also
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happened for boys. The young boys quickly learned the way of being a husband and father for their family.
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, the families were extended. In every family, they were at least 4
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. So
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could barely pay attention to all the
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.
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, they were less concerned with their
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’s raising.
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believed that older
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can exemplify for their younger siblings. As an example, I am an only child. My
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entirely focused on me to teach me everything they could. They always were so worried about the environment I studied, worked or even had fun.
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These concerns were beneficial for me and was considered a kind of protection, it reduced my ability to choose and decide in different situations of my own
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. In sum, today young
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rely on their
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more than past. Because usually the
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are raised in nuclear families and
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marriage age is increased to 30s.
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means that young
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remain under their
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parents
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supervision for a long period.

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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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