It is commonly said that today’s children are pressurized as were yesterday’s adults.
That’s true in the sense that children are facing harder and harder academic, social and
commercial challenges. It is happening simply because of the ever increasing demands
of life, from the same perspectives, on humans in general. While it is important that
children excel in their age to become successful as adults, they must be shielded from
the mounting pressure by maintaining a balance between material and psychological
growth.
As the global village becomes more and more competitive everyday, it becomes
important for us to prepare for the fight, so to speak, earlier and earlier. This is realized
by all, which triggers societies to push their juveniles during their learning stage.
The other thing that is contributing to this ever rising pressure on children is the lack
institutional opportunities, especially in developing countries. Now, more than ever,
children are having to race each other for reaching the privilege of higher education.
While healthy competition is helpful for the psycho-social development of young ones,
it is rather unhealthy when the race becomes more prominent than the objective. Of
course the objective of children competing against each other ideally is brining the best
out of themselves. But, very frequently, a child is compelled to compete for becoming
better than the other. In other words, the competition becomes a brawl rather than being
a sprint.
To stop such spiteful struggle among our young, we must first establish a sense of
camaraderie within all our developmental institutions, such as schools and colleges.
Students must contest for academic betterment, not social supremacy. Also, parents
should get proactively involved in promoting sportsmanship among learners. They must
not allow vile aggressiveness and their own vengefulness in the lives of their children.
To sustain such social reformation the government must establish ample alternatives to
the traditional route to success.
32 IELTS ESSAY SAMPLES - Band 9
The conclusion here is simple. The children today are being put into a ‘survival-of-thefittest’
situation much earlier than they must be when they should really be trying to do
their best. Such untimely loss of innocence is only going to make civilization more
antagonistic. Therefore we must ensure that personal development may be ushered in
harmony and not in vile rivalry. 
It is  
commonly
 said that  
today
’s  
children
  are pressurized
 as were yesterday’s adults.
That’s true in the sense that  
children
 are facing harder and harder academic, social and
commercial challenges. It is happening  
simply
  because
 of the  
ever increasing
 demands
of life, from the same perspectives, on humans  
in general
. While it is  
important
 that
children excel in their age to  
become
 successful as adults, they  
must
  be shielded
 from
the mounting pressure by maintaining a balance between material and psychological
growth.
As the global village  
becomes
 more and more competitive  
everyday
, it becomes 
important
 for us to prepare for the fight,  
so
 to speak, earlier and earlier. This  
is realized
by all, which triggers societies to push their juveniles during their learning stage.
The  
other
 thing  
that is
 contributing to this ever rising pressure on  
children
 is the lack
institutional opportunities,  
especially
 in  
developing countries
.  
Now
, more than ever,
children are having to race each  
other
 for reaching the privilege of higher education.
While healthy competition is helpful for the psycho-social development of young ones,
it is  
rather
 unhealthy when the race  
becomes
 more prominent than the objective. Of
course the objective of  
children
 competing against each  
other
  ideally
 is brining the best
out of themselves.  
But
,  
very
  frequently
, a child  
is compelled
 to compete for becoming
better than the  
other
. In  
other
 words, the competition  
becomes
 a brawl  
rather
 than being
a sprint.
To  
stop
 such spiteful struggle among our young, we  
must
  first
 establish a sense of
camaraderie within all our developmental institutions, such as schools and colleges.
Students  
must
 contest for academic betterment, not social supremacy.  
Also
, parents
should  
get
  proactively
 involved in promoting sportsmanship among learners. They  
must
not  
allow
 vile aggressiveness and their  
own
  vengefulness
 in the  
lives
 of their children.
To sustain such social reformation the  
government
  must
 establish ample alternatives to
the traditional route to success.
32 IELTS ESSAY SAMPLES  
-
 Band 9
The conclusion here is simple. The  
children
  today
 are  
being put
 into a ‘ 
survival-of-thefittest
’
situation much earlier than they  
must
 be when they should  
really
 be trying to do
their best. Such  
untimely
 loss of innocence is  
only
 going to  
make
 civilization more
antagonistic.  
Therefore
 we  
must
 ensure that personal development may  
be ushered
 in
harmony and not in vile rivalry.