Finally-Friday Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 I do appreciate every input. :tup: Timed essay (30 mins) In some countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good idea? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details. “I would like to spend more time on studying,” most students I have known would utter. “I don’t want my children to work while studying; they could be easily distracted,” their parents would chime in. Two valid opinions. However, if students were deprived of an opportunity to put their hands on real jobs, I cannot imagine how their lives as adults would be. Responsibility should not be confined to schoolwork only; instead, it should go beyond that realm. Students who decide to work while studying will learn how to be responsible for their school—and their lives. This is a skill—to deal with several responsibilities simultaneously—we all will learn as adults. Adults are responsible for their family, their work, the bills, etc. It is innocuous to have students learn to take more than one responsibility in their early age; it is a way of preparing them to face one facet of the adult world. Students who get to work while studying know that they can always learn to apply their classroom skills to that of their real lives. A linguistics student may work as an English teacher assistant and thus learn how language develops in childhood. Further, a law student may work in a court to get a sense of how law works or how the laws they study in the books can be applied to real cases. Jobs become a platform for students to learn both practice and theory. A job, moreover, is an excellent opportunity students can learn of their genuine interest. Most students I have known admit that they are unaware of their real interest; they are in dark of their future. To be able to work in the field they think they might be interested in, then, is to have them take a road test. It is an opportunity for them to see if they really have interest in the job, so they won’t have to waste time studying what they do not like. Working while studying after all is not so bad an idea as most students and parents conceive. If students can balance their work and school, they will learn outside of their classroom. They will be ready to face reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 6.0 Sounds like perfect English to me. Very good arguments and very neat style. I don't think you'll have anything to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finally-Friday Posted November 23, 2005 Author Share Posted November 23, 2005 Thanks, Lukas, for your comment :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Walter Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 I'm not for comment writing here, I just like to say, it is at least one of the best essays here as I can see!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 vocab is good but i rate 5. you start your paragraph with supporting to study only but your supporting paragarph was to work while studying . i felt it s not smothflowing as i have to read somepoints more than once to understand. on the whole it is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finally-Friday Posted November 24, 2005 Author Share Posted November 24, 2005 Thanks, Jean and shark, for your readings--I very much ppreciate them. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfk Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 right, support points and example do not match the initial view of the author. So I'd rather give no more than 5. But finish the essay in 30 mins is not that easy. You are a good writer though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finally-Friday Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 Thanks, hfk, for your response. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 If I saw this essay on my screen when grading TOEFL essays, I'd be so happy. It's very nicely written, although it's a bit on the short side. But I wish it were "developed" a hair more. As an English teacher, though, it looks to me like it's been edited several times, as only practiced writers are able to avoid some of the pitfalls you've avoided and to use some of the complex structures you've used. If you're able to produce such an essay in the allotted time, then you are truly a good writer, and I would imagine you'll do well in college in the US. Hope to hear more from you. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finally-Friday Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 Erin, thanks for your comment and words of encouragement. I will surely keep practicing. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresheart Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 I have to say that your essay is really great. I hope one day my essay would be as good as yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finally-Friday Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 Thanks, Fresheart. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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