A Role Model for Children

Question:

Some people believe that parents are ideal model to teach children to become a good society member. Others think that school is a good place to learn. Discuss both views and give your own opinion. (250 words)

Answer:

Becoming a person who can be a benefit to others is a dream of every human being. Ideally, a person would try his or her best to contribute to creating a conducive and comfortable environment in his or her society. However, to provide such situations requires effort from every society member.

This effort can come from different sources of learning; parents and school. The first source, parents, is believed to be an ideal model for others; in this case it is the children. Parents are supposed to guide their children and monitor their deeds as well as teach them good things. As to why parents are being understood as ‘teachers’, it is due to their closeness with their children. Children learn best at home because homes are the only places they feel relaxed, cared for, and understood.

On the other hand, school, as another source of learning, has other strong points. School provides an environment of take-and-give from one to another person. School has almost everything the children need to learn; the teachers, the friends, the play. Children gather more information from their surroundings, whether it is a way to share and love others or a way to discover that to gain respect from others they need to respect the others, too. Since school is a place where they can get knowledge and socialize with their friends, many people agree that school has all a person needs to be a good society member.

In conclusion, both parents and school have, in fact, their own strengths and weaknesses. However, I tend to support the opinion which says that parents are the best teachers. Parents are the very people we encounter the most in our life, and thus, they being a role model for children to learn is very crucial.