Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. You should
Sample Response
Parents can be the best teachersteacher for every child born into this worldcoming on this earth. I agree with this statement as no learning institution can be compared with the parents as they are role models for their children since they open their eyes in this world till they are fully grown up and matured. To start with when the child is born he sees his parents as his guide, mentor & teacher who will teach him how to speak, eat, drink, live, wear, interact etc. No one will be with him when he is crying for anything it will be the parents who will be with him for every problem and his / her every need. Even during his school yearseducation days he will observe and learn that although school is a learning institution,the school although is the learning institution but the moral and ethicalmoral & ethical values learned from parents are far more significant than those taught by any learning centrefar greater than any learning center and parents are the ones who wantparents will be the one who wants the children to be the best in this world and they want their children not to repeat the mistakes that they have madedone in their lives which any learning institution won’t care for as they can’t give individual attention to every student. On the other hand, we see that childrengenerally the children who are orphaned or do not receivewho are orphans or could not get the attention from their parents may lack the same foundationdon’t have that foundation of ethical, moral and social values compared with thoseas compared to the ones who have been raisedtrained by their parents although all of them have attendeddespite all of them have gone to schools, colleges etc. The key difference is parental involvementThe only difference between them is parents. If the parents are not well educated they could still prove to be good teachers for their children but their teaching may be less effective than that ofthat will be of less fruitful from the highly educated parents as educated and learned parents will have a broader perspectivemore vision and more horizon than less-educated parentsas compared to the unlearned. I would like to conclude with the statement that parents can be a turning point for his child if he tries to teach every step of living this life.
Why this response received Band 6.0
The essay maintains a clear agreement and offers several relevant reasons, including early-life guidance, moral education, individual attention, and parental experience. Its strongest feature is sustained focus on why parents influence children's development. The main limitation is that support relies on sweeping claims, particularly about orphans, while long unpunctuated sentences weaken clarity. Prioritise balanced, specific examples and divide each main reason into a controlled paragraph.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
A clear position is maintained and several relevant reasons are extended, but support is generalised and sometimes insufficiently qualified.
Develop two strongest reasons with concrete examples and avoid claiming that parental absence necessarily causes weak moral or social values.
Coherence and Cohesion
The argument follows a recognisable sequence, but the single-paragraph structure and several very long sentences make progression difficult to follow.
Use an introduction, two focused body paragraphs, and a conclusion, with one central claim and clear evidence in each body paragraph.
Lexical Resource
The vocabulary is adequate and sometimes varied, but repetition, informal symbols, and frequent awkward collocations reduce precision.
Use 'from birth', 'moral development', 'individual attention', 'less effective', and 'broader perspective', avoiding ampersands and 'etc.'.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Meaning is usually recoverable, but run-on sentences, agreement, articles, pronouns, and comparison structures contain frequent errors.
Write shorter sentences and correct forms such as 'Parents can be the best teachers', 'children learn', and 'less effective than highly educated parents'.
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. You should
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