ESSAY INFORMATION:
Written by: Xuân Phi, 22/02/2021
Supported by: Ex-BC Examiner, 23/02/2021
Question: Some people say free time activities for children should be organized by parents. Others say that children should be free to choose what they do in their free time. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
(IELTS Academic – 20/02/2021)
ANSWER:
It is sometimes argued that parents can effectively plan their children’s free time activities thanks to their experience and maturity. However, I am of the opinion that letting them be more autonomous better nurtures their inborn talents.
On the one hand, parents are well-positioned to decide on the most productive leisure activities. This argument claims that parents are better equipped with the requisite knowledge acquired from parenting courses and online communities. On these platforms, they can learn about not only the educational impacts of various recreational activities but also how to organize them properly. For example, the Facebook group “We Trek” provides informative posts on the benefits of camping trips, a list of the necessary equipment and instructions pertaining to campsite set-up. By following professional instructions, parents can organize an effective camping session, simultaneously, ensure safety and an educational experience for their children.
On the other hand, I believe that freedom of choice enables children to develop their unique talents. The majority of young people opt for activities that fascinate them intrinsically, thus developing an individual interest that their guardians might overlook or disapprove of. Gaudi, the foremost proponent of the Catalan architectural school, was allowed to follow his own interests, exploring shapes and patterns in nature during his childhood. These observations later inspired extraordinary designs such as the Sagrada Familia that was inspired by and embraces the shape of an ant’s nest. Such a remarkable and precocious natural talent might have been inadvertently neglected, if his mother had guided his activities to facilitate a presumably safer and more secure career outside the humanities in medicine, law, or business.
In conclusion, although parents might be capable of making more informed selections, children should be made free to follow their own interests. In my opinion, parents ought to allow kids to juggle multiple roles in diverse settings to organically identify potential personal professional passions.
Word count: 313
WORD LIST:
| ENGLISH | TIẾNG VIỆT |
| Be made free to follow their own interests | Được tự do theo đuổi sở thích |
| Develop unique talents | Phát triển khả năng đặc biệt |
| Nurture one’s inborn talents | Nuôi dưỡng tài năng bẩm sinh của ai |
| Parenting courses | Khóa học làm cha mẹ |
| Productive leisure activities | Hoạt động giải trí năng suất |
| Pertain to something | Liên quan đến cái gì |
| Fascinate someone intrinsically | Thu hút ai đó bằng bản chất |
| The foremost proponent of something | Người đi đầu trong lĩnh vực gì |
| Be inadvertently neglected | Vô tình bị bỏ quên |
| Remarkable and precocious natural talent | Tài năng thiên bẩm đáng chú ý |
| Facilitate a safer and more secure career | Tạo điều kiện cho một sự nghiệp an toàn và đảm bảo hơn |
| Make more informed selections | Lựa chọn sáng suốt |
| Juggle multiple roles in diverse settings | Đảm nhận nhiều vai trò trong các bối cảnh đa dạng |
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