Tài liệu Ace the toefl essay part 7 pptx

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Ace the TOEFL Essay (TWE)

Regardless of the pros and the cons on both sides, not every￾one will agree on all the aspects. Character is an individual thing,

and every experience is different. Therefore, no two individuals

experience the same benefits from the same experience. Likewise,

knowledge from a book has the same effect, at least at times, but

one tries to get what he can to help him totally develop.

Note to Reader: This is a point-by-point pod. If you lose your thought,

you can add a paragraph on defining knowledge, thereby attacking the

question.

Essay #3

Question: One argument states that higher education should be

open to everyone, regardless of background. The opposing argu￾ment says that only the elite students should be allowed to pro￾ceed. Discuss these ideas. Do you agree or disagree? Explain why.

Answer pod: 1. Definition 2. Cause-effect

The idea that an education should be available to all or restricted

to only good students requires scrutiny on two points. Mainly, the

term good needs clarification beyond the common idea of better￾than-average grades. Plus, the word open needs a stricter defini￾tion than the normal usage. Let’s delve into these ideas.

To insist that students should have an unusually high grade

point average to attend college is rooted in the idea that the more

motivated students will excel. This is true in many cases. However,

the idea of good transcends the stereotype of the guy with thick

glasses and his head in a book for six hours every night, in addi￾tion to school. The student not taken into consideration here is the

one that works for six hours every night in addition to going to

school during the day. His grades may be at the B average, but his

time is spread more thinly than that of the student who has all As

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