MUET Sample Essay (Band 5) Social Networks

Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are beneficial to students. Do you agree?
Agree with statement
Opportunity to connect (make friends with people from other countries)
 foster better bonding with friends and family
 good way to rekindle relationships with long-lost friends
 family-orientated people can keep in touch with family members

Idea 1
 update events to keep others in the know
 connect the whole world, making geographical separation and country boundaries
insignificant
 can widen friendship circles
For entertainment (as a stress reliever)
 act as a helpful stress management tool
 chit-chat with friends online
 share jokes, funny photos and internet memes

Idea 2
 listen to songs and watch movies
 reduce boredom
 a good, cheap way to unwind and relax
 shut our minds down and tune out the stress and pressures
Gain knowledge
 disseminate information
 share useful and educational information
Idea 3  follow others to get latest updates
 share facts, research and discoveries from resources on the Internet
 friends become curious about what others have been reading
 no need to flip through books

Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are beneficial to students. Do
you agree?
It is rare that nowadays a student does not have a social networking account of any kind,
whether it is Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Students, especially teenage and college students,
find these social networks indispensable. They depend on social networks and the Internet to
communicate, exchange information and express themselves. Undeniably, social networks
have changed students‟ lives and affected how they interact with one another and the world
around them. In my opinion, social networks are indeed beneficial to students as they provide
opportunities for the students to stay in contact, gain knowledge and be entertained.
First and foremost, social networks provide students with the opportunity to connect
with others, some of whom they may not have seen for ages. This is a good way to rekindle old
friendships or connect with loved ones who reside far-away. Family-orientated people can
keep in touch with family members regularly. Both parties can share important events in their
lives with each other. Befriending people from other countries is very likely to happen via
social networking. For example, one can make new friends through playing multiplayer games
like „Draw My Thing‟, „Quiz Planet‟ and „Tetris Battle‟ that can be found on Facebook game
list. They can send the other players a friend invitation so that they can play together at some
time in the future. In short, social networks can connect the whole world, making geographical
separation and physical boundaries insignificant and widening the friendship circle across the
continents of the world from Asia to North America.
Secondly, social networks can act as a stress reliever to the students. In fact, these social
media platforms are often regarded as helpful stress management tools and effective
entertainment tools. These platforms enable students to chit-chat with their friends online.
They can even share jokes, funny photos and internet memes with one another. It should be
able to cheer someone up when he is having a bad hair day. For instance, one would have such
a good laugh after watching funny videos on social media sites and it will improve his mood or
ease his tension and anxiety in life. Besides, students are allowed to upload songs, video clips
and even movies to their social media wall for their friends to access and review. Hence, social
networking is not only a way to kill boredom and fill leisure time, it is also a good, cheap way
to unwind and relax one‟s mind. Being on the social network platform can positively shut a
student‟s mind down and tune out the stress and pressures he experiences from school.
Furthermore, students can gain knowledge via these social networks, as they are great
vehicles for the dissemination of information. Students can share useful and educational
information among themselves. Most popular social networks come with a „share‟ button
which allows users to share interesting posts from other users. Students can follow their friends
to get the latest and greatest science facts, research and discoveries from sources their friends
have found useful. Other friends, in turn, may become curious about what others have been
reading and will click on the shared posts to find out more. Take for example, they may
become aware of what is happening around the world through reading the shared news and
information by their friends via social networks. This indirectly helps them to raise awareness
of the world issues and learn more about latest news update. In brief, social networking saves
on time and effort spent flipping through thick books or newspapers.
In conclusion, there is no doubt that social networks do a great job connecting people all
over the world, relieving students‟ stress and helping them to gain knowledge. However, one
has to pay the cost of losing his precious time if one uses social networks excessively as it has
the potential to ruin relationships with others as well as deteriorating health.
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Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are beneficial to students. Do you agree?

Agree with statement

Opportunity to connect (make friends with people from other countries)

 foster better bonding with friends and family

 good way to rekindle relationships with long-lost friends

 family-orientated people can keep in touch with family members

 can widen friendship circles

For entertainment (as a stress reliever)

 act as a helpful stress management tool

 chit-chat with friends online

 share jokes, funny photos and internet memes

 a good, cheap way to unwind and relax

 share useful and educational information

Idea 3  follow others to get latest updates

 share facts, research and discoveries from resources on the Internet

 friends become curious about what others have been reading

 no need to flip through books

communicate, exchange information and express themselves. Undeniably, social networks

continents of the world from Asia to North America.

on time and effort spent flipping through thick books or newspapers.

the potential to ruin relationships with others as well as deteriorating health.

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