这是一篇很不错的小作文，分为四个部分，通过作者自己的争辩发表自己对TOPIC的看法，仔细推敲对我们的留学生作业的写作大有裨益，希望各位留学生能学习到对自己有用的东西。同时如何写的比较像native speakers 那样的作文对我们来说是一个大难题，本文就是一篇近似于native speakers 的小论文，我们要学习其中的词汇和长句的运用，及如何表明自己的观点。当然这是一篇非常有深度的分析，如果没有很扎实的英语功底，建议不要写太深入的观点，写出来老师反而不知道你到底要表达什么。
Topic: Children who grow up in families which are short of money are better prepared to deal with the problems of adult life than children who are brought up by wealthy parents. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
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Some feel that the children of low income families are better equipped to deal with difficulties posed by the ‘real world’ when they grow up and they also believe the privileged children of wealthy families are less fit to deal with these difficulties . The implications and veracity of this argument seem self-evident, but in fact require closer examination.
The popular wisdom is that children of poorer families learn early on the value of a buck, and are thus naturally better suited to stretching money when times get tough in adulthood. Inversely, the children of wealthy families, those born with a silver spoon in their mouths, are believed to be completely ignorant of the value of money, having haThe Essay is provided by UK Assignment
d everything provided for them in their youth and oftentimes erroneously expecting the same situation in adulthood. They are believed to be prone to overspending and financial irresponsibility. This belief, though logical, overlooks one key point which is, of course, education.
The basis of this argument is, of course, knowing the value of money, and the idea that children of the poor know this, and those of the wealthy do not. Who though, is in a better position to teach their children the value of money; someone skilled in earning and keeping it, the wealthy parent, or someone who can not seem to acquire it, the poor parent? Both wealthy and poor children are equally likely to acquire an education in money, whether it is formal, or in the school of hard knocks. Conversely, both children are as likely to ignore this education.
A poor child may believe that one can get along, if not as easily, without wealth. A wealthy child may be well trained by a parent steeped in the knowledge of money management; the key to developing this skill is education.
