TOEFL Topic 2: Parents are the Best Teachers:

By Jay Lee

Parents have an instinct that they want to be good parents and teachers for their children and children learn many things to live from their parents, for instance how to talk, how to walk, and how to eat. I think children cannot do anything without their parents because parents are good teacher of their children.

Almost all children can read and write letters before they enter elementary schools because a majority of parents teach their children how. Besides, some children can speak other languages or do mathematics very well, and others have abilities to draw or play instruments because parents teach their children many ways to be able to enjoy their lives and want to find what kinds of talents their children have. Thus, parents are good teachers who help their children look for their strength.

Children also learn about table manners from their parents. For example, they learn that it is very rude to eat soup with a sound or talk with food in their mouth, but it is very polite to appreciate people cooking for them after finishing their meals. Children may not learn these sorts of good manners from schools because schools are places that teach us knowledge, not manners. In this way, parents are good teachers who teach their children good manners.

Some schools invite parents to teach students. Students can learn something that is not in their school books: what most parents do for their children and what grown-ups’ work is. In other words, a mother who works at the bank can tell about the worth of money, where money comes from, and what money influences. In fact, parents are good teachers who teach very useful information that is not in the school books.

Good teachers take care of their children and are trusted by their students. Children may trust in their parents more than in their teachers. Thus, parents are good teachers who teach their children many things with love.