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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?

#person’s #status #possessions #values #honour #kindness #trust
To begin
 with, today's generations seem to care more about
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superficial things than ever before.
As a result
,
people
 started feeling
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 of empathy towards other human beings. It seems to me that the real
values
 have been lost. Even though
money
 is important, to what point does it influence general social interactions? On
one
 hand, a good social and materialistic status is what brings
one
 economical security. It is normal that
people
 care about
money
 and
being
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well represented
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 in public. What is more,
people
 spend more time with
people
 with
same
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 interests and occupations. Following that, there is a great possibility
one
 will choose their friends from the same social
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milieu
, based on someone’s wealth and prestige.
That is
 to say,
money
 plays a big role in our society.
On the other hand
,
people
 are getting over-obsessed
about
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the
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wealth and affluence. Materialistic things seem to be more important than
people
.
Moreover
, on the list of priorities
money
 is taking the highest places.
Values
such
 as loyalty and honesty are being replaced with
greedyness
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greediness
.
Futhermore
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Furthermore
, as
people
 tend to spend more time working, everything is based on being professionally prosperous and there is a shortage of real friendships.
For
this
 reason, it seems that old-fashioned
values
 are being forgotten and
thet
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that
 there is a lack of kindness in
every-day
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 life. In conclusion, we live in a consumeristic world where
the
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old-fashioned
values
 are becoming rare. As
people
 tend to be over-occupied with work and salary, they tend to sacrifice valuable connections. Personally, something has to be done with
values
 in today's world because nobody can live on
one
's own.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Social status
  • Material possessions
  • Old-fashioned values
  • Honour
  • Kindness
  • Trust
  • Judged
  • Importance
  • Traditional
  • Reflection
  • Achievements
  • Hard work
  • Disregarded
  • Well-balanced
  • Meaningful
  • Cultural norms
  • Societal norms
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