7月12日托福独立写作题目：
　　Do you agree or disagree with the statement: These days, children spend more time on doing homework or participating in organized activities related to school or sports. However, they should be given more time to do whatever they want.

　　More people come to realize the importance of comprehensive development, and they pay more attention on the balance between study and communal recreations. Someone believes that children should be given more time on their own favorites, for it will be more meaning for their growth. I disagree with them. In my opinion, it is not necessary to spend more time on what they want.
　　To begin with, spending time on homework and relative activities make it possible for children to embrace a more promising future. That is to say, doing homework and related things equip children more capabilities to go through their school life. As we all know, most standards to judge a child is from their academic performance and related information, so more time on study means more possibility to get a better assessment. For one thing, learning knowledge and practicing related activities, besides increasing in knowledge, enable children to enhance their learning abilities so that they may build up their own learning systems which will be beneficial to their future development. During the process of learning, children get in touch with new things from awareness to cognition. They may encounter such circulation all through their whole life. A proper way to study and to put knowledge into practice is essential for everyone and the only way to develop the proper habit is to educate children. For another, through related activities or sports, children will have more friends and share a deep bond with their classmates. Childhood is a time when children develop their characters, and it is also a time when children start to gain their identity. Studying in school and doing similar homework provide a good way for children to share ideas during which children may find many commons with their classmates and build their own social circle. Doing activities and sports act as a bond that holds children together, aiming to the same goal and trusting each other.
　　Admittedly, allowing more time for children to do whatever they want have some advantages. As an old saying goes, “interests breed success”. Doing what they want can stimulate children's potential to the fullest. For example, a girl named Lily, the daughter of my teacher, started to learn equestrianism and found that she was a genius on that. At that time, equestrianism is not part of curricular. My teacher implemented a flexible way to educate her daughter. During Lily's childhood, her mother took her to different kinds of occasions and let her to make her own choice. After Lily came to know equestrianism, she was crazy about it and spent almost all her time to train herself. As a result, she won the champion after the 7th year after learning. Thanks to the “do what you want” policy, Lily finally realized her dream. However, sometimes children may do not know what is correct and they may choose a wrong way for their growth such as playing computer games all day or even imitating some bad behaviors. Most children have little conscious on right or wrong, and they need to be guided.
　　In conclusion, although doing what they want may stimulate children's potential, it may bring more disadvantages. Childhood is a time to learn and to be guided, so spending more time on studying and related activities is a better choice.