托福写作范文：父母是否是我们最好的老师

　　写作题目
 

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the bestteachers. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.父母是我们最佳的老师，是否认同？

　　写作范文

　　Throughout my life, I have been lucky enough to have a very goodrelationship with my parents. They have supported me, given me necessarycriticism, and taught me a great deal about how to live my life. Parents can bevery important teachers in our lives; however, they are not always the bestteachers.

　　Parents may be too close to their children emotionally. Sometimes they canonly see their children though the eyes of a protector. For example, they maylimit a child's freedom in the name of safety. A teacher might see a trip to abig city as a valuable new experience. However, this excursion might seem toodangerous to a parent.

　　Another problem is that parents may expect their children's interests to besimilar to their own. They can't seem to separate from their children in theirmind. If they love science, they may try to force their child to love sciencetoo. But what if their child's true love is art, or writing, or car repair?

　　Parents are usually eager to pass on their values to their children. Butshould children always believe what their parents do? Maybe differentgenerations need different ways of thinking. When children are young, theybelieve that their parents are always rights. But when they get older, theyrealize that other views exist. Sometimes parents, especially older ones, can'tkeep up with rapid social or technological changes. A student who has friends ofall different races and backgrounds at school may find that his/her parentsdon't really understand or value this kind of social diversity. Sometimes kidshave to find their own direction and their own beliefs.

　　The most important thing to realize is that we all have many teachers inour lives. Our parents teach us, our teachers teach us, and our peers teach us.Books and newspapers and television also teach us through the information theyprovide about the world. All of these sources are valuable. In conclusion,though parents are our first and perhaps most important teachers, they are notthe exclusive and only teachers in our lives. Many people, social organizationsand media forms all contribute to our education and influence us greatly.