Students may draw upon the following:
▪ Introductory sentence:
✓ crucial and indelible role played by parents
✓ parents influence their children both implicitly (indirectly) and explicitly (directly)
✓ are role models, first teachers, friends, companions, guides
▪ Critical examination (any 3-4)
✓ Richard H. Ebright’s mother- loving, caring, understanding, a friend, a companion
✓ filled the vacuum in Ebright’s life in his father’s absence
✓ invested time and energy in his upbringing which made him see heights of success
✓ Bholi’s parents – uncaring, indifferent, biased, insensitive, had a patriarchal mindset
✓ traditional outlook- did not believe in the education of girls, totally indifferent to Bholi and her needs, neglected her
✓ did not bother to groom her (oil her hair, give her good clothes to wear)
✓ sent her to school not to educate her but to save their own face
✓ despite their prosperity, they left Bholi to her own misery, worst was when they decided to marry her off to Bishamber
(Accept any other relevant content point that lends itself to critical examination)
▪ Concluding thought:
✓ The contribution and companionship of parents cannot be denied. Love, care, and guidance from parents makes a difference, sculpts children and shapes their future.
