It is sometimes said that ‘travel broadens the mind’. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

The increase in travelling opportunities has made it easier for society to explore new experiences across the world.

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is said to broaden the

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considerable thought, we understand why some

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indeed broadens the

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broadening is often of short duration, and thereby the

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is only partially correct.

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, the

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is easy to agree with: when travelling you will see and experience new perspectives which you did not have before and these new perspectives will allow

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to approach life and problems from a different angle.

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, a person who works hard from early morning to late evening with a minimum amount of breaks will be enlightened by the Spanish habit of taking a two-hour break around noon to take a nap and a long lunch, enabling an improved mental capacity for the

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part of the day.

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traveller might reconsider their own approach and incorporate these Spanish practices upon return home. The

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person made

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new perspective possible, and thereby we can state that their

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is broadened. Upon

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, we can see that it is faulty primarily because the effects are very limited and decrease over time.

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a traveller might learn a new perspective in the short term, in the long run

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person is likely to fall back into old habits. To

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, most

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have friends around them who came back from Tibet or Nepal and swore to do daily meditations, even though

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intention was not long-lived. These and similar observations tell us that

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indeed temporarily broadens the

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broadening is quickly forgotten within a few weeks.

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broadens the

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implies incorrectly that it changes behaviour for the good, for the long term, which

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unfortunately does not. In conclusion,

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does broaden the

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, but only temporarily. In the future, I expect more and more

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to be aware of

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effect and focus on the sustainable newly learned perspectives to make their trips more worthwhile.