4. Follow the steps in the writing guide.
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WRITING GUIDE
A. TASK
Write a discussion essay on this topic: All young people should do two weeks of compulsory work for the community every year (such as street cleaning, planting trees or helping old people). Discuss.
B. THINK AND PLAN
1. What will be the consequences of this rule if it is introduced?
2. How would young people feel about this rule?
3. Do you think that doing compulsory work would make students more responsible? Why?
4. Is there a better way to encourage young people to help their community?
C. WRITE
Paragraph 1: Introduction
Paragraph 2: Ideas for one side of the argument
Paragraph 3: Ideas for the other side of the argument
Paragraph 4: Conclusion and your opinion
D. CHECK
* phrases to present / contrast arguments
* references and pronouns
Bài Làm:
There is a view that teenagers should be engaged in unpaid jobs in a community. I completely disagree with this idea. Below are some reasons to support my view.
The main duties of young people would be receiving education. They should study hard to raise their chance of attending universities of finding a job later. Then it seems that they need to take rest in their idle time when preparing to start a new season. It is very likely to see that they won’t welcome involving in free-paid jobs. Teenagers in fact require to enjoy times when are being young. If they were obliged to take part in unpaid jobs, they would feel losing their youth time. And this would cause some psychological problems in their future life.
The second reason that why this idea is not practical is that this view is against of values of a free society. In such a society people regardless of age are free to take part in certain jobs especially when there is no money to pay. Even if those people are obliged to carry out those tasks, because of lack of interesting they will not complete their duties properly. This may bring teenagers into conflict with people working with them.
To sum up, I believe that due to the fact that human beings have a deep hatred of compulsory tasks this idea is not practical to establish in a community. Young people should be free to choose what type of activities they tend to do.
Many young people work on a volunteer basis, and this can only be beneficial for both the individual and society as a whole. However, I do not agree that we should therefore force all teenagers to do unpaid work.
Most young people are already under enough pressure with their studies, without being given the added responsibility of working in their spare time. School is just as demanding as a full-time job, and teachers expect their students to do homework and exam revision on top of attending lessons every day. When young people do have some free time, we should encourage them to enjoy it with their friends or to spend it doing sports and other leisure activities. They have many years of work ahead of them when they finish their studies.
At the same time, I do not believe that society has anything to gain from obliging young people to do unpaid work. In fact, I would argue that it goes against the values of a free and fair society to force a group of people to do something against their will. Doing this can only lead to resentment amongst young people, who would feel that they were being used, and parents, who would not want to be told how to raise their children. Currently, nobody is forced to volunteer, and this is surely the best system.
In conclusion, teenagers may choose to work for free and help others, but in my opinion we should not make this compulsory.