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It is better for college students to live in schools than live at home with their parents. Do you agree or disagree?

#college #students #schools #home #parents
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Many people hold the view that university
students
live
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 in school is better than
stay
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staying
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 at home with their
parents
. In my point of view, I totally agree with
this
 opinion.
Firstly
,
live
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 in schools can help
students
 increase their
indepentent
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independent
 ability and gain more life skills.
Instead
 of depending on their
parents
 to do all the work at home,
students
 in the dormitory have to do everything themselves to support their daily lives
such
 as cooking, cleaning, fixing the furniture,
many
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 more. Not only that, they have to deal with their problems by themself.
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example
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 when get sick,
students
 have to take care
themself
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 without
parents’s
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their parents’s
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hand
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. From those things, the child will be more mature and more resilient in the future. In reality, between the college
students
 who
taked
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take
taken
 care
by
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of
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his
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their
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parents
 carefully with the
one
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ones
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 who
do
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every thing
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everything
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 by themself, the person who
take
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 care
themselves
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of themselves
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 will have more life skills and be more independent.
On the other hand
,
students
 living in dormitories will be able to make more friends. When
live
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 in
the
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a
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 location that
have amount
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has a number
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 of people with the same age, same concerns,
same
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and same
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 hobbies
students
 will
be
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find it
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 easy to connect with each other. Through that, they can exchange
the
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apply
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diverse knowledge, confide with each other and make their
students
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student's
students'
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 life more memorable and fun. Having more friends
also
 helps
students
 expand their circle of relationships and
give
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gives
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 them more opportunities to study new
interesting
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and interesting
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 things.
A lots
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A lot
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 of people recounted that their time as
students
 in the dormitory was the most interesting and memorable time for them. In conclusion, I strongly agree with the opinion that
students
staying
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stay
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 at school
instead
 of staying at home with their
parents
, because it helps
students
 develop in many aspects.
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The essay presents a clear position throughout the response, however, the development of main points is not fully elaborated on with specific examples. Ensure that each idea is expanded upon with clear and relevant examples to support your argument.
coherence cohesion
The organization of the essay is satisfactory with appropriate usage of paragraphs. The essay has an introduction and conclusion which is good, but consider using a wider range of cohesive devices (e.g., however, therefore, furthermore) to link your ideas more clearly. This will help enhance the logical flow of information throughout the essay.

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