TOEFL® essay samples: History or mathematics?

[Mahdi]

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

It is more important for students to study history and literature than it is for them to study science and mathematics. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

I dont agree with this opinion. I think that each course has its own advantages for student.students usually learn different courses with diverse subjects in schools. They study history and literature besside mathematics and geometry superficially. But nowadays that science grows enormously, one person can not specialize in one or two aspect of science .So when students learned and studied diverse courses superficially they should select one of them and study more about that in university.I think this method has at least two advantages. firstly, when students study different courses in school they gratually understand what is their interest.So they can study more and specially about their interest in university. secondly,When one person spend his/her time on one aspect of science he/she can learn more about that and maybe he/she invent new things or methods in that field. Natural and mathematical siences are very important .Human has could produce electricity,build huge airplanes ,machines, etc with relying on this sciences.But this donot mean that literature and history are not important .history and literature are our heritage from our ancestor and if we donot understand the past very well we cannot have bright future.

[Alan]

I don't agree with this opinion. I think that each course has its own advantages for A student. Students usually learn different courses with diverse subjects in schools. They study history and literature besideS mathematics and geometry superficially. But nowadays that science grows enormously, one person cannot specialize in one or two aspectS of science. So when students learned and studied diverse courses superficially they should select one of them and study more about that in university. I think this method has at least two advantages. Firstly, when students study different courses in school they gratually understand what is their interest. So they can study more and specially about their interest in university. secondly, When one person spendS his/her time on one aspect of science he/she can learn more about that and maybe he/she inventS new things or methods in that field. Natural and mathematical siences are very important. HumanS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO produce electricity, build huge airplanes, machines, etc BY relying on this science. But this doES not mean that literature and history are not important History and literature are our heritage from our ancestorS and if we do not understand the past very well we cannot have A bright future.

Alan
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