Sample Essay to Real GRE Issue Questions

Direction: Present your perspective on the issue below, using relevant reasons and/or examples to support your views.

Issue #1: "The reputation of anyone who is subjected to media scrutiny will eventually be diminished." Sample Response

Issue # 2: "People work more productively in teams than individually. Teamwork requires cooperation, which motivates people much more than individual competition does." Sample Response

Issue # 3: "Colleges and universities should offer more courses on popular music, film, advertising and television because contemporary culture has much greater relevance for students than do arts and literature of the past." Sample Response

Issue # 4: "The study of history has value only to the extent that it is relevant to our daily lives." Sample Response

Issue # 5: "In many countries it is now possible to turn on the television and view government at work. Watching these proceedings can help people understand the issues that affect their lives. The more kinds of government proceedings - trials, debates, meetings, etc. - that are televised, the more society will benefit." Sample Response

Issue # 6: "The purpose of many advertisements is to make consumers want to buy a product so that they will 'be like' the person in the ad. This practice is effective because it not only sells products but also helps people feel better about themselves." Sample Response

Issue # 7: "When we concern ourselves with the study of history, we become storytellers. Because we can never know the past directly but must construct it by interpreting evidence, exploring history is more of a creative enterprise than it is an objective pursuit. All historians are storytellers." Sample Response

Issue # 8: "Some educational systems emphasize the development of student's capacity for reasoning and logical thinking, but students would benefit more from an education that also taught them to explore their own emotions." Sample Response

Issue # 9: "It is primarily through identification through social groups that we define ourselves." Sample Response

Issue # 10: "Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so. Technological innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better. War, violence and poverty are still with us. Technology cannot change the condition of humanity." Sample Response

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