雅思写作：竞争比合作重要吗？

Many students aretaught to push themselves to try and be better than other students rather thanwork together for everyone’s benefits.Do the advantages outweigh thedisadvantages?

It is common that we are living in a world filled with fiercecompetition in both businesses and individuals, even in those who study atschools. Personally, I think the merits do not necessarily outweigh thedemerits.

There are two benefits of developing students’ habit ofcompeting with each other. Firstly, establishing a competitive environment isable to enormously motivate students of all levels to keep learning and workinghard in order to keep up with peers and achieve more goals. In other words,this prevents ordinary students from giving up on themselves and makes themrealize that being competitive is a quality that is capable of building uptheir perseverance. Furthermore, it is undeniable that competitive awarenesscan cultivate students to improve their problem-solving skills through copingwith continuous challenges alone. Specifically, they are more likely to makegreat attempts to figure out problems in more effective ways rather than waitfor others to find solutions.

When it comes to drawbacks, we cannot ignore the fact thatcooperation plays an extremely imperative role in students’ whole life. Thosewho do not know how to cooperate may find it difficult to adapt to workingenvironment in the future, for one-man team is less appreciated in a largenumber of firms. Another perceived disadvantage is that enormous competitionhas the possibility for students to accumulate more pressure, especially forthose who are not good at dealing with stress, contributing to insomnia orother health issues. Therefore, it can negatively affect their learningattitudes.

In conclusion, although encouraging students to be competitiveis beneficial for their academic studies and surrounding adaptability, it could become demerits when teachers only emphasize onteaching competition and ignore the impact of cooperation.