Prep Class for TOEFL Writing Exercise
300 words, 30 mins.
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Ginee
January 16, 2007
Topic:
Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in?
Big pond, small pond. Some people like to live in small communities, others prefer bigger communities. Like the proverbial fish in the water, one can chose where one wants to dwell in, in smaller ponds or larger oceans. As for me, I would rather be a small fish in an ocean of opportunities, that is, I would rather live in a city than in a rural sparsely populated village. In almost a contrasting way, I also like the anonymity the city life affords.
In the city, I could eat what I want to eat when I want to. I could eat at any and every ethnic group’s restaurant every day of the week and still be left with a hundred more choices to discover. I could go line dancing one night and go ballroom dancing the next. In a cultural mix of peoples which almost every city is becoming to be, the city is an exciting place to be at. In the assortment of all skin colors, cultures and languages, the possibility of picking up one in the hopes of thorough discovery is virtually endless…. And needless to say exhilarating! If I were a professional bored with the usual goings-on, I could easily shake off the tailored suits and garbs and skip town and relax in my cabin an hour away. And when my senses find me again, I would don on my suit and lead my staid life once more.
In the midst of all the chaos, the thing that I most cherish in a big city is anonymity. I love the freedom of being invisible in a city of probably millions! I love the fact that nobody could exactly pinpoint my exact activity for to do such would present a number of probabilities, and nobody in the city really has the time nor the inclination for such a frivolity. I can pursue whatever I want, and whomever I want in the matter away from prying eyes of the public.
Big pond, small pond. I would rather be swimming in a huge one with endless possibilities, even if I were to be the most insignificant of all swimmers.
