■ Direction Read the question below. You have 30 minutes to plan, write, and revise your essay. Typically, an effective response will contain a minimum of 300 words. ■ Question Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Use specific reason and examples to support your answer | |
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Topic :is progress always good?
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It is often said that progress does not always bring about positive results. Some people maybe opposed to this idea because technological progress has made people's lives convenient on the inconceivable level. However, from my point of view, progress is defenietly not always beneficial. The rationale behind this is that progress requires conflicts in its initial stage. Also, sometimes people prioritize convenience before important values.
To begin with, progress often accompanies with conflicts among people. Improvement sometimes means adapting to new environment abandoning the old one behind. Since some people do not want the new atmosphere and try to stick to the old system, conflicts occur. Whether they are small or not, one side wins and the other side loose. To take an example, when Korea was under Japan's controle, Japanees tried to change Korea's traditional customs and way of thoughts. Especially, Japanees forced Korean males to cut their hair like modern people even though chaning how they were born and look was considered to be very impolite in Korea society at that time. Many people resisted this order and killed themselves in order to express their strong opposition. Nevertheless, the change occured and now having short hair cut is not unusual in Korea.
Furthermore, people put their own convenience before substential values as a result of progress. Living with tradition is sometimes not easy. It requires many process and courtesy. However, these are worth it because it protects important values such as being polite to the elders or respecting parents. Unfortunately, yet, these values are considered less important nowadays due to so-called progress. The best example is nuclear family. In the past, Asains normally lived with their parents since they thought they needed to pay back their parents' love and gratfulness by supporting them. However, now most of Asians do not live with their old parents any more for they accepted the western ideas, which are thought to be superior by many Asians. Even though it could be actually better, the idea that people need to support their parents to pay their love back has been tainted.
To sum up, I firmly believe that progress does not necessarily always come with good results because it triggers conflicts and make people forget about valuable ideas. While progress can always happen, people need to discern which is good and which is not. With this proper effort, they can make their lives and the world better place. | |
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