TVandcinematoday doshowalargeamountofviolenceand,althoughwetryand
shield ouryoung peoplefromseeingtoomuch,theystillgettowatchit.Attheageof
eighteeninmycountrytheycansee
everythinganyway.Violenceonthestreets hasincreased.Thathasbeen proved.The
connection betweenTV‛sandthecinema‛s obsessionwith violenceandtoday‛sstreet
violencecannotbeproved butitislogicalthatthetwoareconnected.Young people
imitatewhattheyseeanditislogicalthattheyseeglamourinwhatthey dowhen
theycommitviolence.
Howcanwelessen violence?ReducingtheamountofviolenceonTVandinthecinema
wouldcertainly beagoodstart.Beingmorevigilantaboutwhatagechildrenarewhen
theyseeviolenceinthesemedia,andraisingtheagelimitswouldalso help.Another
goodideawould betochanneltheviolenceofyoung
people.Idon‛tthinkthatnationalserviceshould bere-establishedinthiscountry but,
ifpeopleareconvicted ofviolence
andsentto prison,thenwhy notgivethemtheoption ofservinginthearmy.Their
violencewillbecontrolledandtheywill
besubjectedto disciplinesothattheywill bebetterabletocontrolthemselveswhen
theyleave.
ThusIagreewiththestatementthatcinemaandTVviolenceaffectstheyoung people
in oursociety.Therearesomethingsthatcan bedoneto betterthesituation butIdoubt
whetheranythingwill bedone.
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Sample 109
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.
Withthepressuresontoday’syoungpeopletosucceedacademically,some
peoplebelievethatnon-academicsubjectsatschool(eg:physicaleducation
andcookery)shouldberemovedfromthesyllabussothatchildrencan
concentratewholly on academicsubjects.
Towhatextentdo youagreeordisagree?
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.
modelanswer:
Whatyoung peopleshouldstudyatschool haslong beenthesubjectofintensedebate
andthisisaquestionthatcertainly does
nothaveonecorrectanswer.
Weneedto provideyoung peoplethebest possiblechanceofdoingwellatschool.In
traditionalcurriculumthereisawide variety ofsubjectswithamix ofacademicand non-
academicsubjects.Inthisway a young personisformedwitharoundededucation.Non-