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Do you agree with the following statement? Good teachers are more important to a child's development than good parents. Use specific details to support your argument.

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At all times,
children
 spend a lot of
time
 studying at
school
, while interacting with
teachers
.
Thus
, some people believe that excellent
teachers
 can contribute to
the
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children
's development more than excellent
parents
.
However
, I would disagree with
this
 opinion and will give more details about it.
First
 of all,
parents
 are the people who will stay together with their
child
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children
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 till they become adults. During
this
 long period of
time
,
parents
 educate
children
, especially while
children
 are very young. Caregivers not only teach the
right
 way of behaviour and manners
,
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 but
also
 nourish the
right
 values and
attitude
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attitudes
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 for their
kid
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kids
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. Meanwhile, at
school
teachers
 are not focusing that much on each
children
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child
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 and their progress
of
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 thinking.
For example
, in my country's elementary schools, there are no subjects
such
 as etiquette or
right
 values or even self-care. The classrooms are crowded,
thus
, the main goal for the teacher is to present their lecture.
Therefore
, the biggest influence on
children
's development comes from
parents
.
Secondly
, at
school
children
 mostly are taught
science related
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 subjects or arts. These subjects rarely affect
child's
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 thinking or
the
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outlook towards
daily
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world's
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 life, friendships or
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interactions
interation
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interaction
interactions
 with different people.
Consequently
,
child
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the child
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 is only expanding knowledge or gaining
skills
on
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 calculating, writing,
reading
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. Those
skills
 can definitely be taught by
parents
 at home.
Moreover
,
children
 spend only half of the day at
school
 and the rest of the
time
 can be dedicated to
face to face
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 communication and some soft-
skills
 learning from
parents
. To summarize, in my opinion, great
parents
 are more important than
teachers
 for
child's
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 development, because
children
 spend the most
time
 with caregivers, who can not only develop
child
's hard
skills
,
such
 as maths, reading or writing, but as well as some soft
skills
, like well manners, behaviour,
right
 values pack. I believe
,
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 that
parents
 are the most honest and superior
teachers
, affecting and developing
child's
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 brain.
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