Some people think secondary school students should study international news as one of their subjects. Other people say this is a waste of valuable school time. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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A certain portion of
population
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the population
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believes
that secondary school students should be taught in their
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whilst others disagree that and think it will lead to waste
student's
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the student's time
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which is considerable. I think
education
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schedule has enough
time
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for benefit activity.
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with, some authorities think that studying real news about all around the
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necessary for students because if
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education offer
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education offers
an education offer
to students
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lesson, students will be
more awareness
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more aware
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world
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the world
and
learn follow news
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learn to follow the news
learn follow the news
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, children
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are grown
being no idea about worlds issues and events by these
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programs
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a recent survey
in Sweden show that
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the contemporary education system
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system make children to
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isolate
isolated
individual about
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the real world
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is why, governments should alter in their
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systems.
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, those who opposed to
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say that students could not get lessons
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as maths and science because of lack of
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. If new modules add to
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, already jammed
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will be more jammed.
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evidence to support
this
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view.
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, experts usually say that It is clear that
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program
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include many mistakes and science lessons' problems are not relevant with lack of
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, there is a mistake in another
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state
statement
. In conclusion, the fact that students do not know our
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and there is not
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a logical solution
without adding
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new activities
a new activity
to existing school
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. There is some doubt that it
will causes
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will cause
serious
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problems but
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problems, but
experts and most research show that it will not affect other lessons.

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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

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Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Global awareness
  • Critical thinking
  • Global citizenship
  • Cultural diversity
  • Communication skills
  • Historical context
  • World affairs
  • Academic subjects
  • Bias
  • Misinformation
  • Age-appropriate
  • Media literacy
  • Educational enrichment
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