133 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A person's childhood years (the time from birth to twelve years of age) are the most important years of a person's life. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
There has been a controversy over whether a person's childhood years are the most significant period in one's life. Some people believe that children develop their personalities and acquire much of knowledge in this stage and therefore it is paramount significant. On the contrary, others deem that most people generally get their professional education after they are 18 years old so that this post period is more important. As far as I am concerned, I strongly support the former for the following reasons.
To begin with, in the first twelve years, children get the most basic skills and competencies, which are necessary in their future life. Therefore, this stage is the cornerstone of their future's success. For instance, modern education theory indicates that three of every four kids have learned to speak simple words before they are eight months old. Further more, those kids brought up by wolves, which are often heard in stories, cannot speak human language clearly even they go back to our society. Not living with people in the most important years prevents them from further development as a common person.
Next, the other people's impacts have had on children's personalities, in general, are deniable. Children have very strong desires to imitate other people's behaviors and characteristics, including patience, diligence, confidence and the way to deal with conflicts. All these attributes play crucial roles in children's later life. It is not uncommon that some wisdom seniors can predict a child's future.
Admittedly, other stages are also very important to a person. However, the role of the first twelve years of a child is more significant. It always the key determinant of a child's later behaviors.
To sum up, a person's children years are the more important than any other years. It is in this stage that a child begins to learn the basic skills and knowledge, and further, gradually his or her personalities. | 
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