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Some people say that schools should spend more money on computers, others say that more money should be spent on teachers' wages. Discuss both views and state your opinion.

#people #schools #money #computers #teachers #wages
The bar chart illustrates the proportion of
age
 of
people
 in Iceland with five
categories
 (0-14
years
 old, 15-24
years
 old, 25-54
years
 old, 55-64
years
 old, and 65 and over) for a decade from 1990 to 2020. Overall, the percentage of
people
 within the
age
 of 25-54
have
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 increased
since
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from
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 1990 to 2020.
On the other hand
 with
category
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the category
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 of 15-24
years
 old and 55-64
years
 old experience
the
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a
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 slight decrease over time. While the other
age
categories
 have been
fluctuate
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fluctuating
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. According to the data given, the category of adult (25-54
years
 old) proportion has been steadily increased from around 30% in 1990 to almost 50% in 2020.
On the contrary
, the percentage of young
people
 (15-24
years
 old) experience a slight fall
since
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from
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 1990 to 2020 at around
10
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a 10
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% decrease for the past 4 decades. Whereas, the teenager (category of 0-14
years
 old) has
slight
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a slight
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 decrease over time from around 20% to less than 20%. In terms of other
age
categories
, both older
people
 (65
years
 old and over) and senior
people
 (55-64
years
 old) proportion have
been fluctuated
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fluctuated
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 with a tendency of slight fall. Both of those two
categories
 has been fluctuate between 10-15%
over
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overtime
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time
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the time
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 period given.
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