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Some people are of the opinion that young and energetic employees are the most valuable for the company while other argue that older employees have more experience and knowledge.
Discuss.

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With the young people getting into jobs, a universal discussion on whether young employees play critical role in an organisation over the older or experienced workers, has come into fore front. Although some favour the energy and the novelty that a youngster brings along with him/her, many are of the opinion that the experience is what helps in taking better decisions.

There are certain factors that do favour the young. Firstly, with technological advancement in the every field, youngsters have become the preferred choice. This is because young people have just graduated and are more familiar with the latest technology and keep themselves updated.
Secondly, younger workers are more flexible and adjustable when it comes to change departments or positions. This is mainly because the young is only responsible for himself/herself, unlike the older generation which has lot of responsibilities.

Turning to the other side of argument, older generation come with their experience, which is very important in the jobs requiring responsibility. They are more aware of the tricks and traps of the games and can mostly make better decisions. Even more, older employees have worked in technologies which are now obsolete, which can help them to create new things.

Overall, in my opinion, the true value of a company is a vibrant, energetic and ready to learn, relearn and unlearn, employee. It could either be a young candidate or an older gen person.
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The increase in the amount of traffic is responsible for growing problems in many large cities and has resulted in traffic congestion. What are some of the measures to deal with this problem?

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SAMPLE ANSWER

The growth in the quantity of traffic in most major cities has led to the problems of congestion in the peak traffic hours. This has caused increases level of stress along with some health diseases. Although the problem in itself is a major deal, with proper steps the solution can be reached.

Firstly, people must be made aware about the possible measures. For instance, every country figures out about the problems and solutions, but often they get caught up in the files and never reach the common man. Awareness that the problem can be solved, must be made among people. Secondly, sharing car among people, will lessen the number of cars, hence helping to reduce traffic. Thirdly,  if people use subways, buses and other public transport for their travel then traffic can be reduced. For example, in Singapore everybody uses public transportation. By the usage of public transportation, Singapore has no traffic problem.

Even more, it has been observed that the better the quality of roads, the lesser is the traffic. For instance, in countries like America, not only are the roads good they are even wide enough to handle the traffic. This helps in reducing congestion. Even more, government must take steps regarding it,such as increased taxes on vehicles, so that people buy it when they need it.

Overall, in my opinion, a problem can only be solved by joint efforts and therefore, to solve this issue we as individuals need to join hands with government, to ensure better driving experience.

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You should spend 40 minutes on this task.

Prison as punishment for criminals is a very effective way. Discuss.

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SAMPLE ANSWER

These days, every time you turn on your television or flick through the pages of newspaper, you learn about the victims of crime. But what is the most effective way of combating crime? Some people believe that sending criminals to prison can help in reducing the crime rates. I agree to some extent with this opinion but firmly believe that prison is the place of rehabilitation but must be used only as a last option.

Firstly, life in jail is becoming quite money driven. Criminals with more money or power are often being offered services such as television, computers or sports facilities. Even more, in some cases they are provided cells that are different from others and are kept aloof. This creates a feeling of inequality and the idea that money is more powerful than law gets circulated.

Another reason why I regard prison as the last option for punishment is because in prisons, all criminals are kept together. So, for instance, a person acquitted of rape is kept with the same person accused of shop lifting. This results in the latter to open up more to the criminal world, increasing his/her chances of doing a crime.
However, prisons also serve as place for reassessment. It has often been seen that prisoners on realizing their mistakes, improve on themselves personally as well as professionally. This is mostly possible because of the various courses being offered to them.

All things considered, life in prison can be a good way to punish criminals but care must be taken on the details of how things actually function inside the bars. Personally, I believe prison must be the last option when all has failed.
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