SSAT Essay

It is universally acknowledged that independent ideas can be considered more creative, vivid and talented. Independent ideas always reflect individual’s realistic opinions. Although some people believe that accepting the opinions of others is a better way to avoid mistakes, I personally have a different point of view. I believe that developing our own opinions is more important than accept others’ ideas.

Mark Zuckerberg is one of the persuasive examples, which makes my point more clear. Mark Zuckerberg is an American computer program and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known as one of the most influential social-networking website Facebook. By the time he began classes at Harvard, Zuckerberg had already gained the reputation as one of the smartest students in Harvard. Nevertheless, there are only a few of people know that Zurkerberg actually did not complete his university years. The reason behind that was he wrote his own program, which allowed users to make class selection decisions online. Later on, his website became more well known, and his new idea came out, which was the social networking Facebook. It turns out that he didn’t follow other students’ step to finish collage; instead, he developed his own business. The example of Zuckerberg demonstrates the importance to cultivate our independent opinions without accept to others’ opinions.

Moreover, listening to others’ opinions sometimes will bring us negative effects. Anna, one of my best friends, had a similar experience. When she took her English test two days ago, she couldn’t figure out the answer for one of the questions. She spent lots of time on it but she still didn’t know the answer of that question. Because that she really wanted to get good grades, she asked Jack, who sat behind her. Surprisingly, Jack knew the answer so he told her. She completely trusted him and wrote down the answer. However, when the test result came out yesterday, she found out the answer which Jack told her was wrong. Therefore, listening to others’ ideas is not a good choice. We should trust ourselves and develop our own opinions. Such as my friend Anna, who listened to others and therefore got a terrible outcome.

In conclusion, based on the above discussion, it’s not difficult to notice that developing our own independent ideas is more significant than accepting the opinions of others. We are not supposed to oversimplify this statement and disregard its complexity.