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Student Essay #5: Task 2
You should spend 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
 
At school, children should either be taught to compete or to
cooperate. In your opinion, which form of education would best
benefit society as a whole? 
Describe both sides of the argument and explain your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience.
Write at least 250 words.
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Kojo’s Essay:
There has been an argument in which way teacher should teach students
to be cooperative or competitive. I certainly claim that both being
cooperative and competitive are important aspects for students to be
taught.
Firstly, we are living in competitive world. In fact, every field of
works are run based on competition. Even in school, teachers tend to
rate their students based on their scores of examination or their
behavior. I presume that examination can also be considered as a
competition. Rivalry can make individuals productive and active when
they work. Moreover, winning the competition offers the feelings of
fulfillment that eventually result in having further motivation for the next
goal. The tougher the competition is, the more enthusiastic people
likely to be. However, students should not misunderstand the concept of
competition. Some will be exploiting or deceiving others to achieve
their goals. In this case, teachers have to teach them about fair play
spirits.
Secondary, cooperation is also in credibly important for the students to
develop. I mentioned that competition was beneficial for kids already. 
However, I have to argue that cooperation sometimes overlaps
competition. By that I mean, people have to combine their force to beat
others sometimes. For instance, when you play football, you belong to
one team and will be making as much effort as you can to beat opposing
team. If you are employee of certain company, you tend to be appointed
to work for particular project that lead to enormous profit for the
company. 
Finally, for these reason I mentioned above, I am convinced that
children should either be taught to cooperate or compete. Ideally, it is
better way for us to spend our life peacefully. However, it might be
inevitable for us to compete each other as long as we live in this tough
and competitive world.