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At the present time, the population of some countries includes a relatively large number of young adults, compared with the number of older people. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

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young adults outnumbers the population of
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the countries. Some might say it is beneficial and some might believe it is problematic. In my opinion, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. ​
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 of all, young adults or youths have more potential in working long hours than
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. Why is it so? It is obvious that
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 generation has more energy to work under pressure and the capability of handling difficult situations cannot be compared to old
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. Not only that, they have the one important thing which the older generations
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 something we called creativity. Young
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 usually try to discuss everyone’s opinion and combine every idea to be more productive and consistent.
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 how they become more reliable than the other generation. ​
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, it cannot be denied that old
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 have the experience, sense, talents and subject knowledge
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 the younger resides. They may be slower in the industry but they have more precise concentration on their work and less problematic behaviour. As they have gone through a period of time, they have faced
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pressures, failures, victories and problems and they know how to get up from
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. ​To conclude, every person is valuable in their own
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, young
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 can do more benefits than the older generation and
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 why the pros of overpopulating with the youths overweigh the cons. ​
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