Thursday 1 October 2015

Childhood is the happiest time of a person's life

TOEFL Essay 13 with model answer:

Read the question below. You have 30 minutes to plan, write, and revise your essay. You should write at lease 300 words.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? 

 

Childhood is the happiest time of a person's life.


Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

Model Answer:
Childhood is the best period of a human’s life and everyone would say that if there were a time machine, they would have returned to their childhood to enjoy the days again. The enjoyments and the feelings of the early days are truly unforgettable in life.

Undoubtedly, childhood is the best and happiest time for us all. The memories of childhood remain vivid even before leaving the last breath. Those were the days when people used to create a lot of nuisance, complexities, and troubles with the other kids, but in return, they were not punished or beaten rather been loved by all for their badly behaved nature and provided a form of amusement to the adults. It was like a relief for the adults to listen over the incidents the kids have done.

This is the time when people do not have to think about consequences of committing any mistakes or minor crimes like breaking down something, stealing bucks from papa’s wallet, go away with friends of similar age without providing any notice to parents, visiting friends as and when intended, bunking classes for hiking, travelling or watching movies at theaters and more other issues that could not be described in words. The children could have done these as in the childhood they are not accountable to their parents or the society for their childish deeds.

But when they turn adult, they have to be sensible and accountable for everything even for their speeches too. They need to be aware always of their activities and be sensitive lest they hurt someone. They are to abide by the social norms and customs in their adult age and are to exercise the standard practices of courtesy and manners in their day to day life. Sometimes, the life turns boring and complex to them for the routine-bound life. Unfortunately, they do not have the option to break the daily schedules amid thousand of business and that will seem weird to the society.

But in childhood, when the classes turned boring in the early summer days, the kids planned to bunk classes, get a bath on a river or any adjacent lake, and return home with the wet cloth when the class hours are gone. Some of the clever kids used to put on the wet clothes so that those get dried by the body temperature and it was aimed to hide things from parents (although the parents were unaware of the bunking!).

During the vacations, the kids visited different places all by themselves and did not take financial or other forms of support from the adult people. Different events and fun took place at the visiting spots which turned into never dying memories for them. But in the adulthood, they recall the memories in the leisure hours and lament for those days.

Hence it appears that childhood is the best time for a man’s life. The memories are unending and everyone wants to get back on the days once more in their life. The friends, the living places, the never-ending fun, the quarrels between friends over minor matters etc. turn the biggest treasure for the adults.

(Word count = 528 )

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