TOEFL Essay Writing Topics

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• Money can't buy happiness.
• Police officers should not carry guns.
• There should be no minimum age for drinking alcohol.
• Large cities should ban cars from the city center.
• Learning from experience is better than learning from a book.
• It's better to find information in a library than on the internet.
• Television violence contributes to violence in society.
• An intelligent person is an educated person.
• There will always be violence in the world.
• Medical care should be free for everybody.
• It is sometimes good to lie.
• A good teacher is a strict teacher.
• It is impolite to criticize other people.
• Immigrants to a country should be forced to learn that country's language.
• Animals should be free; people should not keep them in zoos.
• The government should pay for colleges and universities--education should be free for everybody.
• Religion should not be taught in public schools.
• It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
• It is important to know how to play a musical instrument.