Some people think that parents should teach children how to be good members of society. Others, however, believe that school is the place to learn this. Discuss both view and give your opinion.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Since some of you might not know me, I will start my speech by introducing myself. I am the mother of Mary and I have been asked today to give a speech about the introduction of

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exchange

programme

into

this

school and whether or not

this

is a good idea.

To begin

with, I will introduce the possible advantages,

then

the disadvantage and in the end, I will talk about my own opinion on

this

subject.

First

of all, as many of you might know, a very important advantage of the

exchange

programme

is that the

students

could have the chance

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exposed to new cultures and different educational systems.

For example

, recently, my daughter Mary returned from her four-week visit and she told me that she has gained an important lesson from her journey. As she now understands that teachers are the key figures in effective learning, rather than technology. In

this

case, I hope that all other

students

could have the same chance as my daughter so they can

also

learn some important life lessons. Another thing about

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exchange

programme

is that it helps to develop the

students

’ personalities as well as their sense of adventure. Because beside of learning from books and facts, our children need to learn more from practical situations, which cannot be replicated in the classroom. But unfortunately, a study

exchange

programme

also

has its disadvantages

downsides

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and downsides

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. The

first

thing is that it requires a lot of time and money to organize the trips and it will be a big challenge for both the teachers and the parents.

In addition

to

this

, I am

also

a little

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about the

students

themselves. As the teachers are probably aware

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, most of the

students

have never studied in other countries before, so I wonder whether they can be mature enough to be left on their own. In my opinion,

although

I can understand the interesting idea of studying

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abord

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, I still think we should have some

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for the

students

. Like I have said before, the

students

should be mature enough and they should understand the purpose of

this

trip as well as have their own

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this

topic. From our side, I think that we, as parents, should help the school as much as we can to prepare for

this

programme

, regardless

financially

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or

on

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time management.