TOEFL Essay Writing Topics

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• Watching television is a waste of time.
• Some people have too much money.
• A person always acts in his own self-interest.
• It is important to be actively involved in your community.
• All politicians are corrupt.
• The best teacher a person will ever have is a parent.
• Not everything that is learned is contained in books.
• Movies and television negatively influence the way people live and behave.
• Success comes from hard work--there is no luck involved.
• It is better to live in a small town than in a big city.
• University students should be required to attend all their classes.
• It is better to learn by yourself than with a teacher.
• It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city.
• It is good to work while attending school.
• People should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing.
• Television, newspapers, and magazines pay too much attention to the lives of famous people.
• It is better to live in one place your entire life than to live in several different places.