Towhatextentdo youagreeordisagreewiththisstatement?
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.
Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourown
knowledgeorexperience.
modelanswer:(Agree)
"DoasIsay, notasIdo."Thisiswhatsocietytellsuswhenitpunishesmurdererswith
thedeath penalty.Societytellsusthatmurderiswrong,andin ourlegalsystem,murder
isagainstthelaw.Yetwestillsee oursociety killmurderers,andthusweare
committingmurderourselves.Forthisreason,thedeath penaltyshouldend,and
insteadmurderersshould bepunishedwithlifein prison.
Society needstoshowapositivemodelof howourlivesshould beand howpeople
shouldact.Weshouldalwaysstrivetoimproveoursituation,to beatpeaceandin
harmonywith others.However,whenwekillmurderers,wearenotworkingtoimprove
oursociety.Instead,wearestoopingtothecriminals'level.
Itmakesmethinkabouttherevengethatcamewhen playing gameswithmy brothers.
Whenwewerekids/children,my brotherwouldtakemytoys,soIwould hit himandtake
mytoysback.Then hewould hitmeharderandtakethetoysagain.Thinking ofthe
death penalty,Iimagineamurdererkillssomeone.Societytakes
revengeby killingthemurderer.Thisleavesbehindthemurderer'sfamilyandfriends,
who havetremendousangerinside ofthem,whichtheymayreleaseontosociety.The
cycleofkilling goesonand on.
Societyshould notcondemn peoplewhoaretakingthesameactionthatsocietyis
taking.Societytellsusnotto kill,and yetsociety killswhenitexercisesthedeath
penalty.Becauseofthiscontradiction,weshouldendthedeath penaltyandinstead
punishmurderersbysentencingthemtolifein prison.
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Sample 46
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthis
task.
Somepeoplethinkthatasenseofcompetitioninchildrenshouldbe
encouraged.Othersbelievethatchildrenwho aretaughtoco-operaterather
thancompetebecomemoreusefuladults.
Discussboththeseviewsandgiveyour ownopinion.
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.