Do you agree or disagree that changing your outward appearance is the best way to initiate life change (sociology)
☆Let’s
Think
1.
Give
examples of changing your outward appearance.
2.
Give
examples of life change.
3.
Have
you ever had an experience of life change or seen that happen to others? What
do you think caused the change?
Notes:
1.
Changing
your outward appearance would be changing your fashion style and having a
cosmetic surgery. It also includes gaining physical health such as taking up
exercise or alteration of your diet.
2.
Life
changes would be having a personality change, gaining confidence, or going
through a transformation in relationships.
☆Hints
for Points
Agree
1.
Since
good looks is everything in life, especially among young people, change of outward
appearance means change of life.
2.
You
gain stronger self-confidence by representing yourself differently than before.
3.
Others
will see you in a new light, and this will give a profound influence on your lifestyle
such as confidence and attitude.
Disagree
1.
Transformation
of the outward appearance is not a cause but a result of a transformation of
the inner-self, the person’s mind and soul.
2.
Pulling
through a trial or challenge drastically improves the person’s physical expression.
3.
Meeting
a new person or moving to a new place helps start all over again, start anew.
4.
Learning
logical and critical thinking and training or having a cognitive training strengthens
your mind and underpins your approach to the world.
5.
Soul-searching,
deep reflection of yourself, leads to a fundamental transformation of yourself,
which leads to change of your attitude, which leads to change of your life.
6.
Becoming
beautiful can be a curse.
☆Sample
Answer for Ideas and Expressions
【Supporting Details】I believe that a good life
comes from constant hard work and good relationships. Therefore, to make
efforts for a long time, always conscious of the environment around you and adjusting
yourself to a new situation, is the best and the only way to initiate life
change. Working on your outer looks can be a part of this endeavour, but not
the main factor to achieve a better life.
【Counterargument-treatment】Outward looks is mostly in
the area of fortune. For example, a skin color decides the survival rate of a
baby, the average life-time income, and the average life span in the US. Being
born as a black person in a ghetto almost certainly tells the person that making
efforts is useless. No matter how good and nice the person is, the way the
world or at least a certain group of people looks at the person won’t change. However,
earnest and tenacious work to build a good life and society supported by faith
in goodness or belief in human favor for genuine integrity in life has
gradually but surely has built a good presence of the black people in the
American society. Another example is successful immigrants. It is clear that it
was not their physical appearance that started the improvement of their lives. Doing
jobs that no one wants to do day and night, while making efforts to blend in society
by making friends with the native residents, has led to their prosperity.
【Conclusion】Therefore, a change of outward
appearance is not the best way to get out of your current situation although it
can be a big issue for many people. (298 words)
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