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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present world, society's behaviour looks like changed
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to the past
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technological development and lifestyle. Even the way
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judge other
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. It is more to look at the social status and the material aspect. I agree that individuals are valued based on wealth and status, but I
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believe that old-fashioned values still play an important part in our societies.
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, we are living in a pop culture and materialistic era these days, as the public judges each
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based on position status and prosperity.
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, It is followed by massive development in technologies
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as social media that make
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want to show off their things to the public in order to prove that they are prosperous.
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, society always follows celebrities' fashion
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. So, others can identify them are rich individuals.
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, we can not ignore traditional manners, is because these things have important roles in social
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. When individuals ignore these values, others may don't put respect anymore.
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, when the community don't help each other in
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situations, society will not have good relations anymore them. So, in order to build
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healthy relationships in social
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and have wide networks,
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have to take it as a matter of material possession. To summarize, living in
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modern era change the way how
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are valued by other
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even though
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value is needed to keep for keeping well
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social interactions. In my opinion, our social
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can not eradicate judgement based on position, power, and material things.
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, for
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balance, we should forget the old values.
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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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