[IELTS] The value of the old or young

IELTS Writing Task 2

(Question)

In some cultures the old people are highly valued, while in others youth is more valued. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Planning

Old people are highly valued.

Old people have a lot of wisdom from their lifelong experience, can make better decision compared to youth. China made a religion, which indicates that old people have to be respected. At that time, it’s a norm for asian countries. it spread out over the asian countries. It is inevitable that all humans will reach the stage of old age. If youth do not respect old people, we will be treated as the same as we get old.

Youth is more valued.

Can do lots of challenging things.

Physically healthy. Do lots of activities.

Lots of potential. Promising ages for future. Should help them for better future society.

It is said that the elderly people are more valuable than the young in some countries, whereas others think that the young people are priceless compared to the old people. I strongly believe that it is the youths who are invaluable for maintaining the societies.

To begin with, there are several reasons why the value of old people is high in some countries. First of all, the elderly people can make better decisions compared to the youth based on the thing that they have various sorts of wisdom from their lifelong experiences. In addition, China made a religion, which indicates that old people have to be respected. In fact, at that time, it is a norm for most asian countries since China spread out it over the asian countries. Furthermore, it is inevitable that all humans will reach the stage of old age, so if the youth do not respect old people, they will be treated as the same as they get old.

On the other hand, I believe that one cannot emphasize too much the importance of the young generation. To explain the first reason, the young play a crucial role in sustaining societies with improving the birth rate and workforce. It is because young people have the ability to raise children to accommodate the works for the next generation. In addition to that, young people have more energy to cope with works that demand high physical activities. Second and last, having relatively less risk of challenge, young people have opportunities to do innovative experiments which can be a tremendous change for the future.

In conclusion, although old people need to be respected, based on youth’s numerous potential contributions to society, I firmly believe that the young are the ones who can contribute more to the society.