Claim: Even though young people often receive the advice to “follow your dreams,†more emphasis should be placed on picking worthy goals.
Reason: Many people’s dreams are inherently selfish.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim AND the reason on which that claim is based.
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Follow your dreams is an inspirational quote to urge youngsters to follow their goals,passion.These dreams are usually about having a successful career, lifestyle,becoming like role models.Though it may appear selfish it is personal
goals, passion, concerns,hobbies.These goals are worthy enough from individual perspective.Picking worthy goals such as community development,bringing in changes in society like to fight for a cause ,demands courage,involves hardship, lot of risks.
Follow your dreams will motivate yougsters to do hardwork, overcome their barriers, difficulties on the way to fullfill their dreams.There will be many lessons learnt on their way to achieve those dreams.For example, sincerity, focus,patience,persistent,
since nothing comes easy in this world.If the dreams come true that would be the culmination of their pursuits.They will be repleted with joy, happiness,positive energy.
There are personalities in history where in people have picked worthy goals and been succesful.Famous personality like B.R ambedkar who was indian jurist campaigned against social discrmination, caste system.Coming from a poor family , being treated as untouchables,his father encouraged him to study well and work hard. At school,he was not assisted by teacher, not allowed to sit with other students . Inspite of all this adversities, he managed to become a jurist and uplifted untouchable to educate them.This takes lot of responsibility,courage,risk, painstaking effort to achieve such goals.Majority youngsters are not ready to take such risk, responsibilities,lack courage to do it.
Contrast to the above claim,there are many hapless youngsters who cannot follow thier dreams.Consider families stricken by problems of poverty, deceased family members, poor economic conditions. In such hostile conditions where it is very difficult to even attain the basic necessities of food,cloth, housing "follow your dreams" would be distant.From a common man perspective he will only advice his kids/youngster in the family to study well, take up job to improve their economic conditions.In such families , youngster have no choices other than to suppress their dreams, desire, passion.