▶ Your Answer :
An intriguing topic of discussion at hand is whether it is more important to have the ability to relate well with people than to study hard in school. The answer to this question can vary greatly, depending on the individual perspectives. Thus, the jury may still be out, but as far as I am concerned, I agree with the statement. In this essay, I will present two reasons supporting my standpoint as follows.
To begin with, relationship is very important element in society. In detail, maintaining relation with people is critical part of social activity. I have personally experienced this on many occasions, but the most notable example is as follows: when I was in university, I thought that studying hard is very important for getting a job. For that reason, I struggled with study everyday. As time goes by, I knew that there are part-time job in an office and I applied to the company. However, the employer had judged me as I was lack of relationship skill, then I was declined to the position in the office. If I had done social activity when I was in school, I would have passed the part-time job. In this sense, it is evident that people do not only with knowledge when people judge the man or woman.
Moreover, companies value more in social relationship than knowledge. In particular, relation with co-worker takes up important part in organization. According to a report recently released in 2012 by the Seoul National University, although there was erudite people in companies in the past 10 years, companies like people who have social relationship nowadays. The study found that the ratio of friendly relation and high-level knowledge is about seven to three. They said that people who have only studied have lower relationship characteristic, which makes people to be at odds with colleague. Therefore, this lends itself to the following logic: capacity to relate well with companion is important than only studying. In this respect, it is apparent that it will be helpful for people’s future job to raise their social skill.
In conclusion, I strongly argue for my standpoint on account of the two reasons mentioned above. Once again, although the verdict may still be out, I personally believe that two of my rationales above are sufficiently convincing enough to represent the viewpoints of a majority of people who are in favor of my claim. |