You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

Children over 15 years should be allowed to make decisions
about their lives without the interference of their parents or
teachers. Society should accept that children mature at a
younger age these days and should adjust the law accordingly.
Discuss this statement in relation to your own society or a
society that you know well.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant
examples from your own knowledge or experience.
You should write at least 250 words.
Because of the easy access to information, and better education
system today, children above the age of 15 in my country, have
greater knowledge and confidence, but this has not given them the
emotional maturity or experience to take important decisions
without the active participation of parents or teachers. Hence, there
is no need to change the present law to accommodate the rights of
children of this age group.
In the first place, if the law is amended to protect the rights these
children, both parents and teacher would completely lose their
control over them both at home and in school.Since this is
psychologically a vulnerable age, they can easily be lured by
misleading elements in the society, who can exploit them physically
and emotionally. Furthermore, they could be deviated to bad habits
like drug addiction, alcoholism and uncontrolled sexual
indulgence. Elders would require a lawful control over them at this
age to safeguard them from such potential dangers.
Secondly, the important decisions that children take, can easily go
wrong, because of the lack of experience and the temperamental
nature of their decision making process. Since children would be
able to make decisions about their personal, professional or
education life, like career choices or life partners, wrong decisions
can prove to be detrimental to their success in future life. For
example, as the age of 15 is crucial period for them to lay a
foundation in their educational career, if not properly guided, there
could be a danger of greater school dropouts and career choices that
would not match their intellectual aptitudes.

Parents and teachers who have greater experience and emotional

maturity should guide them at this age, but at the same time should
not impose their ideas on them.