A Good Education Is the Only Path to Success. Is it Statement true?

A. Introduction

Success is an arbitrary term which can be measured in different ways. To some, it involves
having a good career, power, and affluence. To others the acquisition of money alone is not
enough since happiness and fulfillment in their personal life are also necessary to ensure success.

B. Thesis Statement
A good education is not the only way to achieve the success. Instead, the path of success
is requires other factors like hard work and strength of character in addition to a good education.

I. Body
A. The term ‘Good Education’ is in itself a problematic one that requires definition.
1. The primary aims of good education
2. The function of good education
3. The standards of good education

B. The other factors like hard work can ensuring the success
1. Our path to success thus begins at home.
2. The formative years of a child
3. Left without supervision

C. The character formation and moral development for success

1. Can be further development with enrichment activities like ECAs
2. Moral development important for those who regard success
3. Hard work is extremely factor in success

II. Conclusion

Closing statement: Restate thesis:

A good education is not the only factor necessary for success. A good academic record
alone is thus not enough and the path to success can only be achieve through a
combination of hard work as well as intellectual and moral development.
Answer the five questions:

1. What do you think the main issue of the argumentative essay?

The assumption that a successful person comes from a good education is not always
correct.

2. What are the writer’s opinion about success

Success is not always through good education, because there are many ways to be
successful without having to go through a good education, through hard work, having
good character, and moral development.

3. Does the writer or disagree with the topic?

In my opinion the writer is not agree with that topic because he/she believe that, it is not
enough to be successful through a good academic record alone, success can only be
achieved through a combination of hard work and moral development.

4. What does the writer mean by other factors? Can you mention them?
Other factors are hard work and strength of character.

5. What is the point of the conclusion? What does it mean to you?

It is not enough to be successful through a good academic record alone, success can only
be achieved through a combination of hard work and moral development. It means that
success can get not only through a good education but also can get with other ways such
as hard work and good attitude.

Major points
1. Good education
2. Hard work
3. Strength of character