( 290 words)
Sample 48
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.
Familieswhodonotsendtheirchildrento government-financedschoolsshould
notberequiredtopaytaxesthatsupportuniversaleducation.
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.
Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourown
knowledgeorexperience.
modelanswer:(Agree)
Familieswho do notsendtheirchildrento government-financedschoolshould notbe
requiredto paytaxesthatsupport
universaleducation.
Whenfamiliessendtheirchildrento non-public(thatis, parochialand private)schools,
theymustpaytuitionand otherschoolexpenses.Spendingadditionalmoneyto pay
taxescreatesaneven greaterfinancialhardshipforthesefamilies.Theymustmake
sacrifices,tryingto haveenoughmoneyto payforschoolin
additionto otherbills.Forexample,myfriendAmaliaisasinglemotherwithaneight-
year-oldson,Andrew.Becausetheysurvivesolely on herincome,moneyistight.
Amaliaworksatleast10 hoursof overtimeeachweektocoverAndrew'sschool
expenses.ThisgivesAmaliaandAndrewlesstimetospendtogether,andsheis
alwayssotiredthatsheisimpatientwith himwhenthey do havefamilytime.Clearly,
thisextraexpenseisan unfair
burdenforhard-working parentslike
Amalia.
Whilesomepeoplemayconsider parochialorprivateschoolto bealuxury,formany
familiesitisessentialbecausetheircommunity'spublicschoolsfailtomeettheir
children'sneeds.Unfortunately, duetoshrinking budgets,manyschoolslackwell-
qualified,experiencededucators.Childrenmay betaughtbysomeonewho
isnotacertifiedteacherorwho knowslittleaboutthesubjectmatter.Some problems
areevenmoreserious.Forexample,thepublichighschoolinmy old
neighborhood/neighbourhood hadserioussafety problems, duetostudentsbringing
guns, drugs,andalcoholtoschool.Aftera gang-relatedshooting occurredatthehigh
school,my parentsfeltthatthey had nochoicebuttoenrollmeinaparochial
schoolthatwasknownforbeing verysafe.Unfortunately,evenwhenfamiliesprefer
publicschools,sometimestheycan'tsendtheirchildrento one.Thesefamiliesare
burdened notonlyforpayingexpensesatanotherschool, butalso by beingforcedto
paytaxestosupportapublicschoolthatthey do notuse.