Friday, April 18, 2008

TOEFL practice essay - Marco Y 10

Some people think that they can learn better by themselves than with a teacher. Others think that it is always better to have a teacher. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons to develop your essay.

Learning takes place everywhere and anytime, in fact, you start learning when you are just a little kid, for example, you learn that fire burns after you get burnt, you learn from your experiences. There are plenty of things to learn both in school and outside of school, in school you learn necessary things such as writing or reading or any other subject that is needed to take part in society.

After elementary school there are more difficult schools which teach you how to think or to see things not just as a name someone has given them. These are advanced schools and are always based more on philosophy, these things that I’ve mentioned are necessary to get a good job and earn good money.

However, things learned outside school are needed to survive in the ‘real’ world, because, for example, if you don’t know that a knife can cut then you’ll probably cut your self badly one day.
There are kids that from the moment of their birth have had everything they have wanted and they have never had to make any effort to earn the things they have wanted. These people sometimes do not study much at school, they are sheltered from life because of their status and their families position and money. Sometimes their life is secluded from the ‘real’ world the rest of us live in. In some cases they don’t have any life experience and so it will be much harder for them to get a job because they have never had to work.

Those people who have been pretty much on their own will be more likely to get a job if they studied. They know how to survive. I think you should have both a school education and out of school knowledge, so that you have a complete education. This prepares you to find a job and have life’s lessons, so you do not lose your job. I think they both are very important and as I have explained, we should have them both.