Category: Agree / Disagree

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.

Many people believe that effect of social media on both individuals and society has been negative. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Social networking sites, for instance Instagram, facebook, are thought by some to have had a detrimental effect on individual people as well as society and local communities. However, in my opinion, while I believe that such sites could prove to be beneficial to people, have turned out to have a larger negative impact.

With regards to individuals, social media has had a mixed impact on each individual. Let us begin by looking at some of the positives of social media. Firstly, people of different countries are brought together through sites such as facebook whereas before the development of technology, people were limited to their intermediate circle. Secondly, it allows room for interaction amongst like minded people. For example, people often create communities like writer’s or technician wherein they can share the information, useful for all.

Turning to the other side of the argument, social media also had its negative effects. The most common being the fact that people are more likely to interact with their peers online rather than building real life relationships. Furthermore, society is becoming increasingly disjointed and fragmented as people spend more and more time online with people they have never met face to face and who they are unlikely to meet in the future.

Overall, although social media has brought people together, it also has in some sense created unseen differences. The only possible way to get the best out of it is travel the middle way.

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 This is an IELTS academic essay.

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.

In many countries around the world young people decide to leave their parents’ home once they finish school. They start living on their own or share a home with friends. Do you agree or disagree with this approach? Give your opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Write at least 250 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER

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We all are individuals and need to take our responsibility after a certain age. However, in few countries it has been observed that, often the young minds on completion of their schools, tend to move out of their parental house. They either share their living with friends or decide to completely live on their own means. Many people hold the opinion, that this early shifting helps kids to become more responsible from an early age. Those who disagree point out that, often kids stumble and after falling, never get up in their lives.

There is nothing better than a responsible young mind. Moving out and living on own means, most importantly, brings out in an individual the ability of taking responsibility for their own decisions. Once they realize that there is no backing up, often it has been seen that people start making wiser decisions. For instance, a person living without his/her parents, knows that if some mishap happens, they are the first one to help themselves. As a result, they tend to be more careful. Secondly, they are forced to face challenges that will help them to understand and grow in life better. Thirdly, a child realizes the importance of parents. For instance, when my sister moved out of her house and started living in a new city all alone, she understood how much pain parents go through to provide a healthy environment to their child. This realization made her respect and love her parents more.

Those who disagree point out that a child is more susceptible to the outside world. Sending them out of house even before they are mature enough, often leaves their lives shattered. Firstly, it is during growing years that a child needs the support of parents the most. They are already facing issues in life, mostly because of various changes in their body. Sending them out and allowing them to live alone could add insult to their misery. Secondly, it is not always that a young person knows his/her best. It is even possible that they fall into wrong hands and destroy their lives.

Overall, it can be said that living on own means surely inculcates strong ethics such as taking responsibility, it must be made sure that a child when living alone is still near parents. This helps in giving them both the advantages and helping them during their growing years.

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The question is of IELTS general.
Home schooling belongs to the past and is unacceptable in the modern society. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Use your knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.

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SAMPLE ANSWER

Everything has two sides and home schooling is not an exception. In the past, it seemed like the most natural way of teaching, but in present times it has come under scrutiny.

The people favouring home schooling have come with various arguments. Firstly, a child learns from someone he/she is the most close to i.e. parents. When the kid learns from his/her parents, the bond between them increases. In addition, it helps him/her to learn things beyond a fixed curriculum. For instance, Angelina Jolie, home schools her kids. When asked her about it, she said, she has a job where she has to travel a lot. Home schooling her kids, help them to learn things that are more practical. They get to meet new people, see new cultures and understand how life operates. Secondly, when a child learns at home, he/she is saved from the unnecessary pressure that often school environment builds in. Even more, often kids get bullied or punished, a home provides them the best environment to study. Thirdly, it caters to the development of an individual aptitude and abilities. For example, a kid interested in music, need not to learn anything except music.

Nevertheless, there are even facts against home tutoring. The first major drawback is that it is not for everyone. In the past, at least one parent used to dedicate their time at home. However, in present times with both parents involved in making their own career, home schooling could stop the kid from learning at all. Secondly, often parents themselves are not very well educated. This might be possible because of the circumstances they have faced, however, they want their kids to follow their dreams. It is in these cases that the arguments favouring public school system, get their advantage. Thirdly, to an extent, restricting a child to house, reduces the exposure he/she might get, if he/she goes on and faces life on its own.

Overall, I believe that the decision must lie on the parents and even more so on kids. Both of the ways of teaching have their own benefits, but in the end it all boils down to this that every individual is unique and has his/her own unique circumstances and the teaching must be the one that helps the child in his/her individual growth.

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