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In many countries the proportion of older people is increasing. Could this have more positive or negative effects on society?

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As a number of elderly people rising globally, many concerned about if it is going to benefit them or cause drawbacks. There are valid arguments on both sides, and I will discuss now.
Firstly
, it is hard to ignore the fact that, when the amount of retired workers go up, countries and organizations going to lose work force and qualified employees. In any modern and fast developing country, large quantities of labour force play an essential role in different sectors of countries.
For example
, one of the world’s fastest growing economies, China has already come face to face with it, the statistic of its older citizens growing very fast.
Secondly
, the provision of social and financial support to bigger number of aging citizens than usual, can put an extra pressure of budgets.
Thirdly
, in communities where traditionally younger member of the family takes care of old, the former receives more stress and responsibility for maintaining a bigger family.
Also
, a growing number of aging people lead economies to build and maintain more retirement homes and plus public health centres as with a bigger age required better health care.
On the other hand
, we can
also
 count better sides in
this
 case.
For instance
, aging people can lead communities and families with their huge life lessons and mentally support loves ones. They can
also
 be very active members of society and organize various types of life events and gatherings.
Moreover
, retired employees with big professional expertise could provide trainings to new comers if it is properly organized by organizations.
Lastly
, children in the families would enjoy the presence of their grandparents as they could teach them interesting games or give them a hand on their education. Overall, I tend to agree that, aging of people will have more negative effects on society rather than positive ones.
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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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