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Shopping is the favorite free time activity for many young people today. Why do you think this has happened? Should young people be encouraged to do different activities in their free time rather than shopping? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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These days, shopping is quite popular among the younger generation.
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, these days,
youngster's
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 favourite spare
time
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 activity is shopping because they are
being
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the
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shopaholic
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shopaholics
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.
The teens
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Teens
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 should learn new
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skill
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skills
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 in their free
time
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instead
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 of
doing
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going
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 shopping.
This
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 essay discusses it briefly for the following reasons.
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 with, there are several reasons
behind
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the youngsters are shopping in their free
time
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. They are being
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shopaholic which they addicted to
buy
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 more and more new things even if they do not use and
require
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,
this
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because
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is because
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of
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they can easily
influence
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be influenced
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 by advertisements,
therefore
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, they do shopping whenever they have free
time
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.
For example
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, when teenagers go shopping
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while
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they not only buy products but
also
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 they take some
funs
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 with whom go with. To be more elaborate, these days shopping is not just buying
stuffs
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stuff
kinds of stuff
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, there
is
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 some funds included.
Hence
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 youngsters
do
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go
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 shopping when they have free
times
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time
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.
However
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,
the
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young people should learn new
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skill
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skills
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 in their spare
time
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instead
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 of shopping because the young stage should be used appropriately without wasting like shopping.
In other words
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, they should focus on their skills and academic excellence
that
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how to improve and what new
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skill
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skills
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 learn.
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, learning a new
skill
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 in youth period,
it
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will enhance their skills and knowledge in order to they will be succeed.
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, young folks should learn new
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skill
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skills
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 in their spare
time
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 rather than shopping because it brings several benefits
notbonly
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not only
 present but
also
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the
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 future.
To conclude
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, teenagers
do
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go
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 shopping when they have free
times
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time
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 because they
addicted
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are addicted
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 to
purchase
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purchasing
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 new products and they
take
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have
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 some fun
while
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 shopping.
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Although
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, they should learn new
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skill
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skills
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 in their spare
times
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time
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instead
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 of shopping because it will enhance their future with skills and knowledge.

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