A person’s worth nowadays seems to be judged according to social status and material possessions. Old-fashioned values, such as honor, kindness and trust, no longer seem important. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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Nowadays
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industry plunged into
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new age with the global money surplus when
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buy
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as a hobby without any
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public cannot stop wasting money on useless sneakers, t-shirts and other stuff. Some
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consider that it is closely connected with
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clothes
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.
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, others consider that it is not true, so let us get to the bottom of
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problem. Personally, suppose that your outfit makes sense anyway, but it is not something really important.
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every day and
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not feel any shame
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that.
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because now
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industry
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efficient
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subscribers on the Internet, so famous stars try to look unusual.
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of young
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not wear shoes at all. Nowadays it is not necessary to mix and match different items, you just should wear something off the peg and that’s all.
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,
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public
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your outfit as something essential rather
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looking at your inner personality.
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reckon that the
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you look – the
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you think. If you have a mess in your head, you probably will not have a sense of style. Even looking fresh and neat, takes up a lot of time.
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, being dressed to kill is so hard, so
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enjoy aesthetically when come up
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fashion
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icons. If you
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dressed, you
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probably provoke better your perception,
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the
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you look is a great power.
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just
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slaves of
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and the only thing they get is a short-term pleasure. Of
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there are a lot of
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houses,
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shoes and just designer labels and I can understand
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type of art, but as for
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public, they
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unconsciously, just for fun.
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result
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we get crowds of
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trying to keep up with the latest releases. All in all, modern celebrities and just social
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make
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crazy about
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, sneakers and so on. It is like a new iPhone, you do not understand what
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changes
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, but you want a new one anyway. In the field of clothing general public
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literally the same logic, so in
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people
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evaluate each
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by their outfits because they were taught to do it on the Internet.
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The essay only partially addresses the task. The question focuses on social status and material possessions, and the importance of old-fashioned values, but the response mainly discusses the fashion industry and celebrity influence. Stay focused on the prompt and ensure that the response more directly and fully answers the question.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Materialism
  • Social status
  • Old-fashioned values
  • Honor
  • Kindness
  • Integrity
  • Consumerism
  • Superficiality
  • Ephemeral
  • Philanthropy
  • Prosperity
  • Altruism
  • Narcissism
  • Humility
  • Empathy
  • Ethics
  • Moral compass
  • Minimalist
  • Contentment
  • Material possessions
  • Status symbol
  • Wealth disparity
  • Moral bankruptcy
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