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Governments should spend money on railways rather than roads. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any revelant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Authorities must spend funds on railways rather than roads.
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In some countries, people prefer to rent their home rather than buy one. What are some advantages and disadvantages renting a house?

In many countries, people still prefer to own their homes. However, many people prefer to rent rather than possess in more developed countries because of affordability, property taxes, and maintenance expenses. Many people are migrating for jobs. Accordingly, it does not make much sense for them to stay anchored to a particular location by securing property there.
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Governments around the world spend too much money on treating illnesses and diseases and not enough on health education and prevention. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

It is often claimed that governmental expenditures on the treatment of diseases are too big, while health education is not financed at all. I disagree with this and tend to think that national governments spend quite big sums on their propaganda.
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Some people say free time activities for children should be organized by parents. Others say that children should be free to choose what they do in their free time. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

People have different view about the control of parents over their children's free time activities. Some people claim that parents can restrict their children's free time activities while others believe that children have the right to decide how they spent their free time.
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Using social media as Facebook,Twitter is replacing face to face communication in this century. Do you think advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

Social media become a significant part of our daily life. In this century direct conversation is replaced by social media like Facebook and Twitter. I would like to discuss this in detail with a proper explanation of how the advantages outweigh the disadvantages of the above-mentioned notion.
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Computer and modems have made it possible for office workers to do much of their work from home instead of working in offices every day. Working from home should be encouraging as it is good for both empoyers and workers. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.

Nowadays, technology is becoming more sophisticated and is a crucial stuff for every person alive. In addition, it also contributes the changes in workplaces to occur. So, many people started working at home through an internet, which made people divide into a 2 group. First side believes that working online must be supported and subsidized because its several upwards for both employers and employees. By contrast, others think working at offices illustrates a lot more discipline and efficiency of project. Personally, both views have advantages and disadvantages, but I am inclined to choose online working.
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An increasing number of people are turning to vegetarians. Some people believe that people are following a vegetarian diet for reasons other than animal right. Do you agree?

When it comes to an increasing number of vegetarians in countries worldwide, is a new big trend. Nowadays it is a trend that amount of people to return to vegetarians. Many food companies also are competing in the development of vegetarian food products. However, some people say this phenomenon came from the animal rights movement. But I believe that there are other reasons.
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An increasing number of children are overweight which could result many problems when they grow older both in terms of their health and healtg care costs. Why do you think so many children are overweight? What could be done to solve this problem?

Obesity in children is becoming an alarming issue which could affect the child's health as they grow older and skyrocketing prices of medical facilities which cannot be afforded by many are raising a serious concern amongst parents.
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Although modern life has brought with it improvements in people’s standard of living, people are not generally happy with their lives. Do you agree or disagree?

The advancement of technology has brought a drastic change in people's standard of living. They live extravagant lives as compared to their ancestors. But even with all these improvements, some people point out that there is a general sense of sadness in the society. I agree with their views and in this essay, I shall explain the causes of dissatisfaction.
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These days, mobile phones and the internet are very important to the ways in which people relate to one another socially. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

These days new technologies become more vital in society. The communication system has been completely changed by using smartphones and the internet. Some do not have a tendency to use these technologies to connect with others. While there are convincing reasons in favour of the downsides of this resolution, I strongly vote for the advantages due to cheaper cost and quicker transfer of information around the world.
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Some people say history is one of the most important school subjects. other people believe that in today’s world, subjects like science and technology are more important than history. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

It is commonly believed that science and technology subjects should be given priority than history. However, some people, including myself, do believe that one of the most important subjects taught in schools is history. In this essay, I will discuss both viewpoints and give rationale for my view point.
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Some people think that it is better to educate boys and girls in separate schools. Others, however, believe that boys and girls benefit more from attending mixed schools. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion

Some people think that it is better to educate boys and girls in separate schools, on the other hand, some believe that it is better for boys and girls to attend mixed schools.
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Most major cities around the world continue to grow at a phenomenal rate due to the massive increase in population. This has led to a general decline in the quality of life in city areas as the environment becomes more crowded and polluted. Give some reasons why this growth has occurred and suggest some practical solutions to this problem.

Nowadays, huge amount of individuals wanted to live in a urban area rather than the rural areas due to amenities. While majority of cities in the globe keep going to develop at an alarming percentage because of the sharply augmenting in population. By which there is decrement in the quality lifestyle in metro cities as the environment is overcrowded as well as polluted. There are several reasons behind the measures to given notion and there are some measures to solve this problem. Both causes and solutions will be justified upcoming paragraphs with proper examples.
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Many parents today organise extra classes for their children after school and at the weekends. Do you feel that this is a worthwhile thing to do or do you feel children have enough education at school?

These days, parents give their children extra classes after school curriculum and at the weekends. Personally, I think that organizing after-school classes is a hard and stressful experience for kids, however, it can be useful for kids' future. In the paragraphs underneath, this essay shall see my thoughts about the topic.
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It has been said that the world is becoming a global village in which there are no boundaries to trade and communication. Do the benefits of globalisation outweigh the drawbacks?

When I was a child, I wondered that if all parts of the world is united and become a single village, what would happen? I know there are a lot of people like me having the same question and in this essay we are going to discuss about this idea.
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Many people believe that formal pen and paper examinations are not the best method of assessing educational achievement. What is your view of examination?

Some assume that conventional tests are not the most excellent way of evaluating educational approach. It seems to be that official tests are becoming extinct, and I will explain why in this essay.
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most people agree that money cannot be happiness. why is happiness difficult to define? How can people achieve hapiness?

In this modern era, people are happy even without money. A larger portion of society perceived that Wealth cannot be a peace of mind. I will explain the difficulty of defining joyfulness and ways of getting happy.
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With the development of social media, more and more youngsters are being allowed unsupervised access to the Internet. What potential problems may this trend lead to? What solutions can you suggest to deal with it?

In recent years, with the rapid development of social media, there are an increasing number of young people who access the Internet freely which means they can browse anything they want without supervision. This essay will discuss the potential negative effects this trend might lead to, and lay out several solutions to tackle it.
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A group of people believes that guardians should teach children. How to be an ideal member of society, whilst other experienced people think that school is the best place to teach every new-born. This essay intends to elucidate both the perspectives before reaching and opinion.

In th modern world, a part of the community agrees that adolescents should be taught by their godparents. While, the remaining reject the notion and believes in sending the pupils to institutions for their basic learning to become an ideal member of society. I agree with the second declaration so, I will explain both views along with my opinion in upcoming paragraphs and thus will lead to a logical conclusion as well.
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Some people think that the range of technology currently available is increasing the gap between rich people and poor people. Others think that it is causing the opposite effect. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

It’s controversial whether the availability of technology nowadays can make wealthy people wealthier while worsening the financial state of poor communities, this essay will examine both points of view, besides my proper opinion,
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