Thesis statement: People need a support system to get through the tough things in life ranging from learning to ride a bike to dealing with depression. We all need someone in our corner, however, too much support can cause the person to be dependent and not learn to do things on their own.
Reason #1: promotes good health and helps you live longer
Reason #2: helps motivate you to get things done faster and easier
Reason #3: help when you are lonely and need someones shoulder to cry on
Reason #4: helps cope with things better when you are on your own
Reason #5: too much support can cause someone to be too dependent
Reason #6: if you rely too heavily on one person you can set yourself up for disappointment
The writers named John Mathews takes the position on our shared topic issue that it is important to have a support system, and most people rely on one person for everything, but that cant happen because you are setting yourself up for disappointment when they do not meet your needs. This is the counter-argument to my position.
If i were on a debate stage and the writer John Mathews said i was wrong and then explained his counter argument to my claim, i would reply with, i see where you are coming from and i think it is important to have more than one person, however, if you have a strong relationship and can support each other you can thrive on having a one man team as a support system. It takes commitment and understanding but it can be done.
If i were on stage, i would tell the audience, “Many of you are asking ‘so what? why should i care?’. Well, heres why this is important. If we focus on communication and understanding, then it’s possible we can come up with a plan to deal with relying on one person to be your only support system. This plan would involve making sure each party knows that their other person cannot be responsible for every single need, and that if you are replying on someone you have to take into consideration what they are saying, and also expressing to each other what you need, whether its guidance, a shoulder to cry on or them helping you accomplish something, and that would be better than what is happening now, which is not communicating what each other needs and getting upset and disappointed when the other person cannot fulfill it.
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