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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Most people often let others make decisions for them rather than make decisions by themselves. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer

Conscious or unconscious, each person has his own tendency when making decisions, being in charge of themselves or surrendering the right to choose to others. Which tendency they possess never come in one day, it has something to do with his nature, growing environment and education they received. In fact, each of the two ways in making decision has its own values. As far as I am concerned, I am inclined to welcome the act of making decisions by oneself. My reasons are illustrated as follows.

Among the various reasons that build the bright aspects of making independent decisions, the one that "life is mine, no one can be more responsible for my life" seems particular fundamental. Although parents give us lives, but can they go through the lives for us? Of course not, when you are ill, you parents may be feel quite concerned about you, attending you all day, but can they take over the pain for you? We are the only master of our lives. Therefore, only if we make our own independent decisions, can we live up to the responsibility for life.

Another reason deciding that we should making decisions by ourselves goes to the fact that no one knows us better than ourselves. Though someone may argue that parents understand us better than ourselves, I see it as an imprudent and illusive assumption. In placing themselves in a position where making decisions for their children is legitimate, parents are trying to mold us according to their expectation rather than considering matters from the standpoint of ourselves. Remember last weekend when you extremely wanted to go out playing soccer with your friends, your mother forced you to go to the museum with her? Did she fail to see what soccer means to you or that visiting museum would do more good to you than playing soccer? The answer is obvious. Hence mothers will not understand the tremendous joy that soccer brings to you, and you should surrender yourself to mother's will power.

Nevertheless, there is one point that worth pointing out. While making independent decisions have various reasons, respecting others' advices never goes wrong. We must admit parents possess much more experience and wisdom than us, friends stand on different standpoint from us. Considering situations from a variety of angles guarantee we make correct and advisable decisions, especially for young people.

Taking into account all the discussion above, I would like to reiterate that we should be the decision-maker of our lives, no one can deprive us of that right. At the same time, for the sake of ourselves, to be assured that we make proper and just decisions, we should consider others' advice as well.