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40
minutes on this task. 
Some people think that a sense of competition in children should be encouraged. 
Others believe that children who are taught to co-operate rather than compete 
become more useful adults. 
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. 
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own 
knowledge or experience. 
You should write at least 
250
words. 
Example 1
There is no doubt these days that the children behaviour is become more
of a 
concern to parent
s
and society 
and 
the question is, is the sense of competition is 
useful for children or is the cooperate is more useful for their adulthood
?
In this essay 
I am going to discuss both views and draw my own conclusion. 
Firstly, some people believe that the competition play
s an
important role in pupils 
behaviours. And people who claim that use the power of motivation that comes from 
competition as a
n
important
reason to do it. They say when children learn how to 
fight to get something as a child they will get experience facing the live difficulties 
when they become adult. For example when children participate in math competition 
the will become more aware to concentrate in their study to win the race. 
Secondly, other people claim that the competition it may harm the children 
behaviours with time. They do believe when children compete all the time that will 
increase the chance of children to become selfish. Then that will destroy they ability 
to cooperative with other people in adult age . 
T
o illustrate when pupils play balloon 
game
s
and try to cut their colleague balloons 
this
will harm their psychology and will 
learn the rule of game as rule of life. 
T
o sum up, In my opinion the competition could be harmful to children life unless we 
control and minimise the type of these competition 
a
nd explain the aim of 
competition for children before they start it.