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This text was written for online TOEFL exercise. I was given 30 minutes to write my opinion about what is more important: human needs like farmland, housing, and industry or the forest and endangered animals? DISCLAIMER: I did very little research for this writing     o f course, this is a spontaneous writing for TOEFL exercise. No cheating, no peeking. (I did a bit actually, just to make sure I didn't misspell.) Humans are probably the most complex living things on earth. They are blessed with intellectual and emotional intelligences that they have the ability to manage other living things to improve their own living quality. With that intelligences, human population grow massively over the decades. Each decade creates new technologies and innovations to make ease of the fulfillment of human needs, such as farmland, housing, and industry. Some humans pay a huge attention to these three things as the main needs above others. Even though it is important to fulfill human needs u...

 "Ada yang udah 21 tahun tapi merasa masih anak-anak." sahut Papa. Bukannya merasa tersinggung, Adek malah mendukung penuh statement Bapak. "Bener, Pa. Rasanya masih childish padahal udah tua gini . " "Memangnya menurut Mbak dan Adek, definisi dewasa itu seperti apa?" Aku memandang kimlo yang tinggal separuh, memutar-mutar sendok. "Mandiri finansial. Orang yang sudah mikirin tagihan listrik, bayar cicilan, belanja sendiri. Bertanggungjawab penuh atas dirinya sendiri. Kaitannya sama uang, sih. Mungkin karena selama ini kita hidup dalam privilege , nggak usah risau soal kebutuhan primer yang perlu dibayar, jadi melihat orang-orang yang kayak gitu kesannya dewasa." Adek menyetujui, mengangguk penuh semangat. "Makanya sekarang rasanya masih kayak bocah." "Gini ya, dewasa itu bukan cuma soal finansial. Dewasa itu adil. Adil disini adalah menempatkan diri dengan baik sesuai dengan perannya. Misal sekarang lagi jadi anak, ya bersikaplah s...