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?

In
this
present world, society's behaviour looks like changed
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to the past
due to
technological development and lifestyle. Even the way
people
judge other
people
. 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
also
believe that old-fashioned values still play an important part in our societies.
Firstly
, we are living in a pop culture and materialistic era these days, as the public judges each
people
based on position status and prosperity.
Additionally
, It is followed by massive development in technologies
such
as social media that make
people
want to show off their things to the public in order to prove that they are prosperous.
For instance
, society always follows celebrities' fashion
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. So, others can identify them are rich individuals.
On the other hand
, we can not ignore traditional manners, is because these things have important roles in social
life
. When individuals ignore these values, others may don't put respect anymore.
For example
, 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
life
and have wide networks,
people
have to take it as a matter of material possession. To summarize, living in
this
modern era change the way how
people
are valued by other
people
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
life
can not eradicate judgement based on position, power, and material things.
However
, for
life
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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