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Topic: Telling a white lie (a well-intentioned untruth) is better than giving bad news.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Write an essay of about 300 words with good reasons and examples to express your opinion.
When it comes to telling the truth, there has always been a heated debate concerning about whether telling a white lie or giving bad news bring more benefits. In my opinion, I strongly believe that tell a well-intentioned untruth is better in most of circumstances because it can prevent from negative feelings, encourage people and show your respect to others.
Firstly, tell a white-lie can help people avoid some negative feeling. For example, in hospital, a patient is in really bad situation with lower percentage of surviving, doctor always tell him some lies about his health in this case in order not to bring him bad feelings and thinking which leads to unfortunate consequences. Instead, giving him some positive emotions can sometimes achieve good results than expectation.
Secondly, avoiding saying bad reality might encourage people doing which is thought a possibility. For instance, a person who want to become an artist without abilities in painting; in this situation, this person can achieve succeed in art in the future if he receive encouragements and motivations from the teacher. In the other words, if the teacher tells the truth about his ability, this student immediately gives up his dream.
Lastly, telling the intentioned untruth sometime show our respect to others. For example, although my family feels unpleased about presence of guesses, we have to show well behavior to them without bad reaction and rude saying. By doing that, we are not only keeping the good relationships but also avoiding bad consequences.
In conclusion, there might be various opinions about this topic in different circumstances. However, I hold the opinion that telling the white-lies bring more advantages than telling the bad information because of preventing from negative effects, encouraging people and expressing the respect.