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There is some disagreement over whether or not cost spending by people on their pets is too much. Some people might agree with this since there are already many things to pay for their own. However, I strongly think that spending money on their pets is worth to do. This is because taking care of lives is a valuable experience, which cannot compared to any others. To be specific, it makes people to have good performance in their work, and feel secure and avoid from being lonely. First, having pets contributes to people's better performance in their work. Bringing pets up means people should always focus on their pets' state, such as whether they are sick or they are hungry, making people being more responsible. When this sense of duty is developed, people are more likely to get higher results on their work. According to a study conducted by a team of researchers at Stanford University, there is a huge gap in academic performance between two groups of students. The first group is made of those to have an experience of having pets, and the second group consists of those who have not had a pet. The study showed that the former has twenty percent higher score on the SAT than the latter has. In particular, the former is more likely to be patient and be responsible on their work, while the latter does not. As this study shows, people with experience of having pets are more likely to be responsible, hence resulting in their good performance on their work. Moreover, people can avoid from being lonely by living with pets. It is a well-known fact that pets can role as family or friends. Thus, people can feel secure, not feeling as they are alone. For example, my friend, Kenny, who does not have any sibling, had always felt lonely because he had to be alone at home when his parents are working. Because he was so depressed about being alone, his parents worried of him and bought a dog for him. After that, he treats his dog as his brother, and he becomes happy playing with his pet. As a result, his depression disappeared, and he always says that if he had not brought his pet up, he would have kept having loneliness. Therefore, having a pet can keep people from feeling lonely. To sum up, taking care of pets is worth to spend much money because it results in good performance on people's work and less chance to feel lonely. I firmly believe that having pets gives valuable lessons, which cannot be earn with money. |