IELTS WRITINGTASK 2 - traditional skills

When a country develops its technology, the traditional skills and ways of life die out. It is pointless to try and keep them alive. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

It is undeniable the fact that technology facilitates our life in every aspect, compared with traditional skills. Consequently, some people presume that there is little significance to try and keep those skills or ways of life alive. In my perspective, however, that may not be the case.

For those who are indifferent to the growing extinguishing of traditional skills or lifestyle, technology, which indeed dose a thousand and one benefits to our daily life, seems to play a more vital role in the modern life. What’s more, the trend is obvious that more and more people seem to accept such kind of view.

Nevertheless, as far as I am concerned, never should we put technology as the top of our priority, neglecting the importance of tradition. On the contrary, it is tradition that is the most crucial aspect we should appreciate, because the culture which derives from tradition determines a nation’s development. Take Japan as an example, when the leaders of Foard, a giant car manufacture in America, fly to Japan to lean the inventory system of Toyota, a famous car manufacture in Japan, which created the so-called zero inventory management, the CEO of Toyota, said that welcome to Toyota and learn whatever you want, but the spirit of Japanese people is way too easy to learn.

At the same time, the neglecting of tradition will result in culture invasion as well, which is a nightmare to any people of any country beyond doubt, because once we are used to another kind of culture, the demand of that country’s things such as food and fashion, will easily attach an disaster impact on our country’s economic. For example, it is still clear in mind that a few years ago, China banned the broadcasting of Korean series in order to prevent the epidemic phenomenon of imitating the life style in those series amid teenagers.

In conclusion, given that technology is indispensible to our daily live, it should not be appreciated to such an extent that it endangers our tradition. More aspects should be taken into consideration rather than keep fixating on its advantages.