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Some people think that parents should teach children how to be good members of society. Others, however, believe that school is the place to learn this.

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There is no denying the fact that teaching
children
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 to be a good person is an important thing.
While
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 it is a commonly held belief that
parents
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 must teach
kids
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 how to be good
members
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 of
society
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, there is
also
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 an argument that
school
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 is the right place to do that.
This
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 essay will analyse
this
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 topic from both views and express my opinion. On the one hand, there are some
people
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 who believe that
parents
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 should teach their
children
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 how to be good
members
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 of
society
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 for many reasons. First of all,
children
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 spend a lot of time with their
parents
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.
For example
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, when l was a kid, I used to listen only to my
parents
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 because they were the only
people
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 who l trusted and spent most of my time with.
In addition
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,
parents
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 are the only
people
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 who truly love their
children
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.
In other words
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, there are a lot of bad
people
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 in
this
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 world and
children
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 can not know who is good and who is bad, so it is the parent's responsibility to teach their
kids
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 everything.
On the other hand
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, there are
also
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 some
people
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 who think that
school
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 is the right place to teach
kids
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 how to be good
members
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 of
society
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.
Firstly
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, a lot of
people
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 think in
this
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 way because in
school
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 the teachers can see how
children
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 truly behave. Based on that, they can teach them how to become a good person because many
children
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 behave differently when they are with their
parents
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 so
parents
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 can not see how their
kids
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 truly behave and teach them.
Moreover
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, each child learns different things from their
parents
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. It is
also
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 possible to say that
school
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 is one of the places where
children
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 meet each other and share their experiences and what
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they
learn
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 from their
parents
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, so teachers can correct any wrong behaviour that the child has learned, and in return, other
kids
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 will avoid
this
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 behaviour as well. In conclusion, there are no essay answers to
this
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 question. On balance,
however
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, I tend to believe that teaching
children
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 how to be
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a good member
good members
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members
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 of
society
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 is the parent’s responsibility.

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Grammar and Accuracy
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Paragraph Development
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Linking Words and Cohesion
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Supporting Examples
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Introduction and Conclusion
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Repetition and Vocabulary
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Task Response
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Your opinion

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Don’t leave your opinion until the conclusion.

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...do you agree or disagree?...do you think...?...your opinion...?

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • good members of society
  • teach
  • parents
  • schools
  • responsibility
  • values
  • respect
  • empathy
  • responsibility
  • formal education
  • citizenship
  • ethics
  • social responsibility
  • lead by example
  • role models
  • conducive environment
  • extracurricular activities
  • community involvement
  • collaborate
  • holistic approach
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