TOEFL Independent Writing
Essay question: Parents learn from children
Example answer by Jeenn Lee Hsieh
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>TOEFL iBT Essay Topic: 2013-11-09 (China)
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents learn more from their children than children learn from their parents.
Use specific reasons and examples or details to support your answer.
>大纲心图 起承转合
Outline: Mind-mapping a 4-paragraph essay
1. 起 introduction: parents learn optimism and the joy of playing from their children to stay "childish" and to be happy.
2. 承 body paragraph A: parents learn optimism from their children.
3. 转 body paragraph B: parents learn the joy of playing from their children.
4. 合 conclusion: children teach their parents optimism and the joy of playing to become childish and to be happy.
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Sample Essay (created by Jeenn Lee Hsieh):
Although children learn more from their parents than parents learn from their children, kids can teach adults to be as happy as a child. In a certain sense, relearning to be ¨childish¨ is to become truly happy, as if going back to the happy childhood. Among other things, what parents may learn from their children are optimism and the joy of playing.
Probably the world needs "childish thinking" to be happier, which means parents may learn optimism from their children. Being freely spirited, children tend to be optimistic for no other reasons than affection, innocence, enthusiasm, curiosity, creativity, and fearlessness. In family life, grown-ups' willingness to learn from their children is as important as to teach. In comparison, what parents can teach are knowledge and experience along with common sense, and what parents can learn are keys to generating wild imagination as well as uncommon common sense. To put it in another way, there are childish lessons for adults to be learned or relearned, and for that matter the best teachers are kids. So much so, parents are likely to feel happier in seeing the new world through kids' eyes looking for bold ideas.
Today's adult society is stressful, and children can teach their parents the joy of playing. It seems that many grown-ups have forgotten how to play happily like little boys and girls, thus missing that kind of enjoyment which is best understood by kids. For example, an old game as simple as "hide and seek" is full of childish fun because of what may be called the "willing suspension of adulthood". If parents make the most of their time with their children, they can learn new technology by playing computer games together. According to a research report, up to 40 percent of parents learn to use technological devices online (such as Facebook, WhatsApp, WeChat) from their children. To enjoy themselves, as it is Okay for children to play, so it is for adults.
By learning from their children, parents can recover what has been lost--optimism and the joy of playing. To no small an extent, adults who are staying "childish" is being in the state of happiness. For children, it is never too young to learn things about life from their parents; and for parents, it is never too old to learn things about childish happiness from their kids. (Essay created by Jeenn Lee Hsieh 谢振礼ielts360toefl@hotmail.com)
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3》问：四段结构的论说文，各段说什么?
答：起承转合。起中有合;合中有起。中体(承+转)话分两头。
起 Introduction: Say what you are going to say in Body A and Body B.
承 Body A: Say Point A (in the Topic Sentence), with examples and explanations.
转 Body B: Say Point B (in the Topic Sentence), with examples and explanations.
合 Conclusion: Say what you have said about Point A and Point B.
4》问：是不是【引言=结论】?
答：结论是引言的倒影。引言投射中体内容;结论回射中体内容。建议引言三句话，结论三句话。引言 Introduction: Thesis Statement, Focus Statement, 2 Signposts (Point A and Point B)。结论Conclusion: 2 signposts (Point A and Point B), Focus, Thesis.
5》问：中体段落的 Topic Sentence (指标句)有何特点?
答：指标句是意见而不是事实。意见值得讨论，事实不需争论。 Topic Sentences are opinions, not facts. An opinion is arguable or debatable. A fact is a fact. A fact does not need evidence to prove anything.
承 Body A: Topic Sentence A 指标句, followed by supporting sentences 若干支持句.
转 Body B: Topic Sentence B 指标句, followed by supporting sentences 若干支持句.
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