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?

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day and age,
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judge the other
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based upon their social
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and materialistic possessions. The traditional values
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as honour, kindness and trust become
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when it comes to
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. I strongly disagree with
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trend because I think
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should not be the criteria to judge someone's worth. In the
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few years, the truth about
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with
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level
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social
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has increased. In my opinion,
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phenomenon is supported by the growth of social
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that can be accessed by everyone from
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level
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on social
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are craving
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and honour, and social
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a perfect place to show their “perfect” life easily to everyone around the world. Every
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on social
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tend to follow a
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who has a good quality of
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(
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as nature-travelling around the world, luxurious things, and many more), and it is mostly come out from the
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who has higher social
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. Not a few
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I know that willing to do anything out of their real-life conditions just to be seen on social
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,
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at
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point, honesty become much less important in terms of respect. Apart from that, the real society outside social
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is supporting the
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of
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someone based on their wealth.
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, sharing my personal experience, some of the
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in my social organization only care about
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who have more
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when it comes to making decisions. It seems like
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has bigger power to urge
people
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to do something.
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,
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proves that
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is more important in the eyes of
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. To conclude, the reasons I stated below is describing why a
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's worth is judged upon
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societal
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and materialistic possessions. Nowadays the old fashioned values are having
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less attention and I totally disagree with it. As per me, these values or attributes are reflecting someone’s
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is, while
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is just an outside
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that
temporarily
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attached to a
person
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.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • social status
  • material possessions
  • old-fashioned values
  • honour
  • kindness
  • trust
  • empathy
  • media influence
  • self-worth
  • metrics of success
  • financial achievements
  • community contributions
  • superficial connections
  • emotional bonds
  • life satisfaction
  • stress and anxiety
  • policy changes
  • community programs
  • restoring balance
  • personal character
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