The solution to the overpopulation of this planet is education. Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with this statement. Support your point with reasons or examples from your own experience.

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There are more than 5 billion
people
live
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in
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this
planet. In some cities,
population
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the population
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is already overloaded
and
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apply
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causes
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unhealthy communities. Many
people
campaigning
birth
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control as the only solution.
While
we
could not
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escape from
this
reality, I agree that
education
could provide solutions because through schools we could learn awareness on many things, especially
environment
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the environment
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.
This
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two
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on two
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reasons to support my opinion.
Firstly
, smart
people
tends
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to think more comprehensively in many aspects of their
life
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lives
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.
Therefore
, they will think
throughly
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through
whenever they
would decided
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decide
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to have more kids. We could
compared
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that
people
in rural areas, since many of them are not well educated, tend to have more children than big cities parents. Educated persons will
also
have
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the consiousness
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consiousness
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consciousness
to behave wisely using resources
as
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such as
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water or electricity because they
aknowledge
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acknowledge
that those resources have some limits.
Secondly
, I believe
education
can create awareness on
individual
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an individual
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level to live
accordingly
in a tight neighbourhood. Since most of the population of
this
world
live
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lives
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in cities in a very crowded area,
therefore
it is important for each person to have high consideration
to
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his
communities
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community
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. It will make
every one
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live more easily.
To conclude
,
education
provides solutions to our overpopulation world since it makes
people
become wiser and more considerate
because
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because of
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their high awareness
to
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of
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the situation. I support
education
as a way to make a better civilisation by
overcome
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overcoming
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problem
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the problem
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of overpopulation. In the future, I hope that the more
people
get
education
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an education
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, the lesser
world's
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the world's
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population will be.
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task achievement
Try to elaborate more on each main point with specific examples. This will strengthen your argument and make it more convincing.
coherence cohesion
Make sure to use topic sentences effectively in each paragraph to clearly signal the main idea you are discussing.
general
Consider using more varied sentence structures and vocabulary to improve the fluency and sophistication of your essay.
introduction conclusion present
The introduction and conclusion are effectively present, framing the essay well by stating your position clearly and summarizing your main points.
task achievement
You have chosen a clear stance and provided reasons supporting the role of education in addressing overpopulation, fulfilling the task prompt effectively.
coherence cohesion
The essay is structured logically, with each main argument following the other; however, there is room to connect ideas more seamlessly for better cohesion.

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    • Sentence 1 - Background statement
    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
    • Sentence 4 - Outline sentence
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion
    • Sentence 1 - Summary
    • Sentence 2 - Restatement of thesis
    • Sentence 3 - Prediction or recommendation

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