Biletul nr. 18 Bacalaureat Limba Engleza

Limba Engleza 1-2 ore/saptamana

SUBIECTUL I

Read the text below and express your opinions about the ideas it contains. Compare and contrast these ideas with your own life experience.

Childhood self-esteem can overwhelm academic disadvantage or social deprivation in determining future earning power*, according to major new research.
Bright children often have higher self-esteem, as do some from more affluent* backgrounds. But the study compared children from similar families and still found that those who were psychologically well-balanced at ten were now outperforming their peers.
The research also found, surprisingly, that it is not unusual for children to have high academic achievement and low self-esteem, leading to significant later underperformance in the jobs market. A spokesman for the British Association for Counselling said: 'Discouragement for children doesn't come only from crude parental hostility at home; it can just be resentment or the constant feeling that they're making you tired. Children pick that up. Nor is it only underprivileged children who suffer. All too often you can ask affluent parents who the important people in their child's life are - teachers, friends and so on - and they haven't a clue.'
Bearing out the findings of this research, many outstandingly successful entrepreneurs were outshone academically when they were at school but had the advantage of supportive families.

*money which is earned by working
*having plenty of money

SUBIECTUL II

Describe a person or personality you admire and give reasons for your choice. Explain how/whether she /he has influenced you?