Some believe that modern technology is increasing the gap between rich and poor, while others disagree. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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Some
people
believe that modern
technology
is widening the gulf between rich and poor, whereas others feel that it is bridging it. I agree with the former point of view because
technology
by and large benefits wealthy
people
. On the one hand, it can be argued that the poor can now educate themselves online for free. In the pre-Internet era, those who had little education almost had no opportunity to ‘escape’ to better employment. They had to do low-skilled jobs and earn minimum wages all their working life.
However
, now poor
people
can acquire knowledge by reading articles and watching tutorials on the Internet without charge. The knowledge they have gained can help them change their fate.
However
, I disagree with
this
argument because those that are truly destitute might not have access to a computer or the Internet.
On the other hand
,
technology
mainly works to the advantage of the rich.
This
is because they can afford to use advanced
technology
to create more wealth. Manual workers, in comparison, are being replaced by automation.
For example
, while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is getting richer and richer as he keeps investing in logistics automation for the company’s warehouses, farmers and miners are losing their jobs to robots. I agree with
this
opinion because the poor cannot even keep their manual labour jobs, let alone close the gap with the rich. In conclusion, I think modern
technology
is exacerbating economic inequality because it is primarily in favour of already wealthy
people
.
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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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