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people say an ageing population creates problems for governments. Other people think there are benefits if society has more elderly people. To what extent do the advantages of having an ageing population outweigh the disadvantages?

There are different views about whether
aging
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people
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 may cause some problems for authorities or if they are practical for society. I admit that
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retired
people
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 may have more benefits,
such
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 as transferring information to young
people
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 and gathering family together, than their drawbacks, like pensions and caring in communities.
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pension
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 might be the most important problem for governments.
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 the laws have to allocate a budget for the retired
people
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.
This
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 money might be used for infrastructures
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 as building modern
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schools
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 or green spaces to improve the quality of education and air quality.
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, they will require more attention from family and the government. When they become older, they are less likely to be able
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 care
themselves
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 in many ways.
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, when the number of
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people
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increase
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,
government
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the government
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 has to build new places to
taking
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 care of them,
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 some of them still live with their
family
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families
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. Despite
of
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some drawbacks,
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retired
people
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 play a significant role in improving
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communities in different ways.
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, they can help students who
graduate
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 recently to find appropriate jobs
which are
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 fit
on
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apply
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their
desire
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desires
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.
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,
aging
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people
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 with useful information might be invited by authorities to several seminars
persuade
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to persuade
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 young
people
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 to gain
their
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apply
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experience and knowledge to learn how
work
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 more
efficiency
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.
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, elderly
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 can make a strong bond
between
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with
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 family because of giving good advice and helping parents to bring up better children.
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,
aging
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people
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 may spend more time with their grandchildren, so they will
taking
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 care of them and
telling
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tell
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 useful stories that may have good effects on their perspective in different aspects of life. In conclusion, governments might struggle with some aspects
about
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of
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 having a lot of
aging
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ageing
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people
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 in society;
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, they should have more benefits not only for governments but
also
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 for families.

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task achievement
For Task Achievement: Make sure to fully develop your arguments with clear explanations and more detailed examples. Each paragraph should have a singular focus with sufficient evidence to enable the reader to understand your point of view.
coherence cohesion
For Coherence and Cohesion: Organize your ideas more effectively with a clear progression of ideas. Use a wider range of cohesive devices to link your ideas logically, ensuring that paragraphs and sentences smoothly transition from one to the next. Also, clarify pronoun references to avoid ambiguity in your writing.
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