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Some people believe that we cannot learn anything from the past for our life today, while others believe that history is a valuable source of information to understand human's life. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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Although
, it is thought by others, that the past brings significance to the understanding of the present human life, many are still arguing that nothing important is learned from it for the time-being today. In my view, I consider history as valuable for people to understand life today, especially in communication. On the one hand, knowing what happened in the past is important to comprehend why individuals react in a certain way and I agree. A lot responds in different situations in accordance to a specific moment that occurred previously. To put in perspective, a traumatic experience,
such
 as bombing, can make a person react to a similar sound in a negative way. Learning
this
 significant event in individuals’ lives can produce better understanding of one another and communication,
thus
 improving the interaction among the people.
On the other hand
, many think that the history is irrelevant to the present lifetime due to futuristic approaches.
This
 is because many are now more interested in what will transpire in the future in relation to the present time.
For instance
, many studies that are conducted by scientists today, mainly focused on the predictions for the earth 20 years from now. With
this
, history is taken for granted and more funds are allotted in the future-based studies as it focuses on the survival of the entire human race in the future. In conclusion, while many people have different thoughts about the importance of the past, I think that putting value to it will make individuals flourish as they will be able to increase understanding towards each other and communication will be better.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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