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PostSubject: individual writing task: Is life just about joy?   Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:10 am

Today people are more used to being able to choose the activities and lifes they want to choose. Some would even go so far to say that one should never be forced to do things that he/she does not want to do. Others might disagree. I believe that it is necessary and important to do things that are not enjoyable. It will be shown that life is not just about joy and that this is an important lesson to learn for a child in order to survive. Further my essay will prove that it is sometimes not impossible to reach certain aims without doing unpleasant things.
First, in my opinion life is not only about joy. There are so many things that have to be done in order to survive. For example it is not common for many humans to live the comfortable life we westerners have. For many people it is necessary to kill an animal, or carry heavy pots of water over long distances every day – activities that surely nobody enjoys. Thus, I agree with the opinion that people have to do things that they do not enjoy sometimes.
Second I think especially for people in countries that are as developed as mine it is a very important lesson to learn that life is not only about joy. For example I had to do jobs I did not like for years in order to survive. And this formed my character and made me more grateful for the things I have. This is a strong reason for me to disagree with people that hold the opinion that life is just a big party.
Third, it is often necessary to do things you do not like in order to achieve a longterm goals. For example I really hated going to school and I could have stopped it much earlier than I did. I chose to do my “Abitur” though, because I did want to study Psychology. If I had not finished school I would not be so happy with the work I am allowed to do now.
In conlusion there are many goo reasons to agree with the opinion that one sometimes should do things he/she does not enjoy. It was proved that doing so is necessary in order to survive and in order to reach certain goals. Further it forms the personality or in other words is an important lesson in everyones life. I believe people that hold the opinion they do not have to do anything they do not enjoy are unripe and might be corrected by experience some time in their life.
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PostSubject: Independent writing task   Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:14 pm

People should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing.I agree with this opinion.
First,as we all know,life always not smoothly for us.We need to learn how to accept things what we don't like and we need to try our best to do all of things that we don't like,expecially,sometimes we are in trouble.
Second,when we face to some problem and we don't have no more choice,then we have to do that,in my opinion, this is a duty.For example,last week,my mother had a bad cold and she really didn't want to work, but she had to go to work,because in her company nobody work iat night that day,that si my mother's duty.For this reason,i needed to take care of my little sister for 5 hours,actully,I didn't like her so much,she's not a pretty girl in my mind,but i had to do it.and since that night,i changed my mind,I can get along well with my little sister.Now,i think she's a nice girl.So,if you think someting you don't like,why not try once?Maybe you change your mind after doing that.
Finally,there are not a lot of things that we would like to do.For things,there are always what we don't like more than what we like,if we can't change the thing we don't like,why not try to accept it?Thinking is different from life,usually we think wo don't like that but when we do that,we will find lots of fun from that,don't we?Life always like this.
Smiling everytime,change what we can change,accept what we can't change,trying our best to do everything we have to do.Finding fun from that and making life beautiful.
For these reasons,I think people should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing.
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PostSubject: Re: Free iBT independent writing task submission   Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:51 pm

People around the world have different points of view about jobs they must do. Some individual believe that they must participated only into what they enjoy to do: others think that sometimes they should do things that annoying them, and each category has his own reasons. In my opinion, the claim that people should sometimes do some tasks which are not preferable from them is fully true and there are several causes contributing my feeling.
First of all, the world is not an easy place where we always found what we want when we need so that everyone should be ready to do what he is suspected to do even if it is a difficult mission. As instance, a father, who is responsible for a family and he could not join the career he likes, should found another job in order to earn money to afford his family needs.
In addition, in order to be able to survive in the global society we should possess the power to realize great achievement in various fields even those we do not like them.
For example, students should study all academic subjects even those which are not interesting in order to be expected as truly educated people and in order to be able to compete for a good job in the true world.
Furthermore, sometimes we think that we would not enjoy something until we try it.
For example, once when I was at the high school I refused to join my friends to a trip in the sea because I think that I would not enjoy it as I was scared from the open water but finally they convinced me that it would be very interesting , I went with them and I found it very amazing.
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PostSubject: Writing section 2   Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:39 pm

I agree with the statement that people should sometimes do things that they do not like. There are many reasons i feel this way.

Firstly, doing things that we do not like to do helps in building our character. We become more tolerant towards things in general and also develop patience. It gives a new experience and opportunity to learn new things. We might never know when the acquired skills, if any, might come in handy. For example,consider cooking. Many people,including me,do not like cooking. But if they cook occasionally,then they would have slowly developed a skill. This might come in handy,say,when traveling to a new place where the food there is not suitable.

Secondly ,we learn to appreciate the work we like to do better. As is popularly said,the value of true happiness can only be realized when we have experienced pain. Similarly , we can enjoy the work we like doing in a better way if we occasionally do things we do not like. And in many occasions, the result of work we do not like to do might be very rewarding. For example, tending to the plants and shrubs in a garden regularly might seem tedious, but the resulting effect can enhance the beauty of the garden which we can later enjoy.

Thirdly , doing only things that we like tends to make life a bit boring. Doing different things occasionally adds a little bit of spice to life. Not to mention , in some cases new skills are acquired that always adds value and gives us confidence to try new things.

In conclusion , i feel that people should occasionally involve themselves in work they do not like. As stated by Robin Sharma, in his bestseller
'The monk who sold his Ferrari', truly successful people are differentiated from ordinary people based on the fact that they occasionally
do things other people would not prefer to do, even if they themselves also dislike it.
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