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Some people say history is one of the most important school subjects. Ohter people think that, in today's world, subjects like Science and Technology are more important than History. Discuss both these views and give you own opinion.

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school
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school,
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 children have to
study
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 a lot of
subjects
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 like Science,
History
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, Technology and English.
Nowadays
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Nowadays,
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 people discuss
if
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whether
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 we
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should
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 consider
History
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 more important than science and technology or not. To be
honest
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honest,
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 I have never liked studying
History
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but
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, but
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 at the same
time
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time,
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 I have always considered it one of the most important
subjects
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, in
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. In
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fact
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, to understand our culture and
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 to understand what
it
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apply
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is, nowadays, going on
,
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apply
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 let's think about the war between Israel and Palestine,
is
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it is
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 essential to have a great knowledge of our
history
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. At the same time I
also
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 understand those people, who think that
History
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 is not the most important subject, in
fact
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 if we think about it, unless we are not
History
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 teachers, we will never need
History
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 in our future job,
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 if I want to be a lawyer I do not need to know everything about Word War II or about the Berlin wall. Once explained both position I would like to express my idea, in
fact
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, as you have problably undrestood from the previous paragraph, even if I have never liked studying
History
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 I have always considered it as one of the most important
subjects
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, not only because it gives us the opportunity to understand our culture but
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 because it helps us in developing a new method of
study
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, which will be very important once at university,
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 if you
study
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 at law school to prepare an exam you need to be fast to have a great method and
also
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 to be organised.
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Instead
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 for science and technology is usually required a different
study
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 method
,
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 in
fact
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, to
study
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 those
subjects
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 is necessary
doing
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 a lot of practice. In
conclusion
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conclusion,
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 I would like to say that maybe
History
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 is not the most important subject at school
but
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, but
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,
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apply
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 trust me, studying it is essential.

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clarity
Make your main idea clear in one line at the start and keep it true to the prompt.
cohesion
Link ideas with short, simple sentences. Use words like and, but, so to link ideas.
development
Give a real example or fact and explain how it shows your point, not only say it.
content
The writer shows both sides of the issue.
content
The end has a clear opinion.

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    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
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