Stars and stripes.

Writing I
Exercise 8
1. There are many advantages to reducing the amount on violence shown on TV and in movies.
One advantage of reducing violence in movies is discouragement of violent behavior in young
people. In addition it would stop children being desensitized to violence at young age.
2. On the other hand, censorship in media creates problems concerning one's right to choose
what to see for oneself. In fact millions of children watch violent movies and are unharmed;
furthermore, personal and parental responsibility are what is important.
3. It may be said that there are several points in favor of wearing school uniforms. To begin
with, it saves family money but not having to buy designers clothes; not to mention the fact
that wearing uniform ables to easily identify students from school increasing security.
4. However, many people believe that the arguments against wearing school uniforms are
stronger. Moreover, children still demand designer clothes outside school; apart from that,
children that are taught to conform to the same standards don't express their individuality.

Exercise 9
1. Inversion.
2. Impersonal construction.
3. Complex sentence.
4. Complex sentence.
5. Inversion.
6. Passive voice.
7. Impersonal.
8. Passive voice.
9. Complex sentence.

Exercise 10
1) booming: growing rapidly.
2) put up: erected.
3) when it comes to: in terms of.
4) going up: increasing steadily.
5) but: however.
6) no more: in no way more.
7) get: receive.

Exercise 11

In topic 1 advantages and disadvantages about working from home; topic 2 will refer to arguments
for and against paying more for organic food, and about the benefits and drawbacks of on-line
shopping in topic 3.

Exercise 12

1- 2 / 2-3 / 3-1 / 4-3 / 5-2 / 6-1.

Exercise 13

David Suzuki : Topic 2

Anonymous: Topic 3
Paul Edwards: Topic 1
Exercise 14
Topic 1: Advantages and disadvantages about working from home.

It's being said that working from home has become popular in recent years.Referring to the
expert Paul Edwards, in reference to this issue he said that “According to repeated surveys, one in
three American workers would prefer to earn their livelihoods at home”.
As a matter of fact, work at home jobs can be beneficial to both employees and employers.
The first advantage of working home for both sides, there would be no more delays on showing up
to work, the time schedule would be arranged conveniently for all. Another point in favor is that
commuting time would be avoided, not to mention the fact that the stress related on getting to the
office would be eliminated, just imagine yourself waking up one hour later than you normally do,
having a home made breakfast and then go to work in pajamas.
On the other hand, there are some disadvantages to consider before opting to work out of the
office. Firstly, as there is not risk of being late, starting to work could be a problem, other dairy
activities could interfere. Lets think address this, what about distractions? Having the TV on, or the
radio, or your next door neighbor that just get to know you are working home and wants to have a
quick word with you, those are imponderables to be consider when deciding for this.
In conclusion, working from home could present opportunities of improving life standards
but menaced by external factors that could affect productivity.Therefore, is seems the before taking
any decision a thorough analysis should be made.