Đề bài: 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. Discuss both views and give your own opinion?
Brainstorming:
a. Body 1: Parents
- Exert a strong influence on children's behavior, esp: earliest years of lifetime
+ Babyhood: not go to school -> teach children first few lessons + actions and behavior: be imitated by children -> personalities in future
+ Adolescence + adulthood: the ties of kinship -> believe and obey parental advice -> effect on kids' behavior and attitudes
- School: a class contains many students >< Family: tend to have few kids -> understand and give enough care for each child -> develop innate abilities + identify and correct unwanted behavior
b. Body 2: Schools
- Give thorough preparation for the future:
+ A variety of activities: studying, playing games, participating in sports, interacting with others (home: not have)
-> gain knowledge + hone essential skills for future life: working in groups, communication skills.
+ Discipline, rules to obey; everyone: treated equally, no indulgence or bias
-> disciplined, kind-hearted and sympathetic >< self-absorbed
- Friends: peers + seniors and juniors belonging to the same generation
-> easily get on well with each other + sense of intimacy
-> peers: ill-mannered or well-mannered -> impact on personalities, esp: families with working parents
My essay:
It is widely believed that teaching children to become good members of society in the future is solely the responsibility of parents. While this opinion is valid to a certain extent, I contend that school is the key factor in guiding the adolescents.
It is understandable why people advocate parents playing the main role in children's process of learning to be competent and well-mannered. The key rationale is that parents exert a strong influence on children's behavior, especially in the earliest years of lifetime. In babyhood when children do not go to school, fathers and mothers are the ones to teach children the first few lessons, and their actions and behavior are likely to be imitated by children. Even in adolescence and adulthood, the ties of kinship can make people tend to believe and obey parental advice. Therefore, parents' actions and attitudes can have a significant effect on the development of children. Moreover, unlike schools where a class can contain a large number of students, families now usually have few kids. As a result, parents are more likely to understand and give enough care for each child, which means they can develop kids' innate abilities as well as indentifying and correcting unwanted behavior.
However, I believe that teaching children to become good member of society at school is a more viable measure. The reason behind this is that school can give pupils thorough preparation for the future which families lack. Classes provide students with a variety of activities such as studying, playing games, participating in sports and interacting with the others. By this way, children can gain comprehensive knowledge and hone essential skills for future life: working in groups, communication skills. Schools also impose discipline and rules for pupils to obey, and everyone is treated equally without any indulgence or bias. Therefore, the children may become disciplined, kind-hearted and sympathetic. Another underlying cause is the far-reaching effect of kids' friends at school. All students may make friend with peer, seniors and juniors belonging to the same generation. Due to the similar opinions and leisure pursuits, they can easily get on well with each other and feel a sense of intimacy. Consequently, whether children's peers are ill-mannered or well-mannered can have a dramatic impact on kids' personalities, especially those without close supervision from parents.
In conclusion, while there are reasons to support the idea of letting parents take the lead in teaching their own children, I believe that school should be in the vanguard of this duty.
