Toefl writing independent essay (Number 5) Question: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: People should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing. Use specific reason and details to support your answer. Answer: Life is challenging and not easy. Throughout human’s life time, people do a lot of things to be happy and successful, they do it not only for themselves but also for their family, their friends and for social needs. Everyone wants to do what they love and what they enjoy doing it, but in the progress of life time, sometimes we meet things that we don’t enjoy, but we have to do it in order to be happy in a long run. I agree with the statement that people should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing. There are reason below to support my opinion. First of all, there are things that we have to do in order to reach our goal, our dream. We all know that when people have dreams, they have to work very hard to protect it, because in the process of chasing their dreams, they will incur a lot of disappointments, a lot of failure, a lot of pains, and not all moments in your road are enjoyable moments. But if we do and go through all of these, we will have our success, our happiness, and of course we will enjoy our success. For example, a boy want to become a professional footballer, maybe he is lucky and have talent, but he still needs to practice really hard. He needs to work out every day to improve his skill, and sometimes he could have an accident which could hurt him and needs to go the hospital, but after recovery, he will immediately come back to the stadium. Because he understands that there are out there many like him, who may more talented, more hardworking than him. But after all, when he becomes a professional and has a chance to help his country, he is on his success. Secondly, people should do things they not want to not only because of their success, their happiness but also to others, because they know that they are not living alone in the world. Around them there are families, friends and a lot of social groups that they belong to. In Karl Marx’s theory, you will feel happy when you make others happy. Not everyone always wants to attend to birthday parties, weddings or funerals, but we are human beings, we participate in these even for the sake of others, to share our joys or sorrows with other....Out of character here :( My full essay is in the photo.