Write about 150 to 200 words on the following topic. Should voting be compulsory?

Justify your answer.

It is a matter of fact that a healthy democracy is based on voter participation. It should
follow logic then that the more people voting, the healthier the democracy, but a healthy
democratic society is also based on freedom of speech. In that case, would any
democracy be a healthy one if it dragged voters to the polls?
In the first place, this is not only a matter of freedom, but also of information. If voting
were compulsory, election results would be less representative of a society’s ideological
make-up. This would make the behaviour of any demographic increasingly harder to
understand, resulting in a more confused voter who perhaps would be less willing to
engage others on the subjects that matter to them.
All in all, Voting should remain a right, not a legal obligation. Nevertheless, it is so
important that citizens of a democratic country should be educated on voting itself, from
the options they have to their implications.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using social media.

Social media is perhaps the best example of a contemporary double-edged sword. Like
many other powerful tools powered by the Internet, it can bring either tremendous
wealth or unsuspected challenges to both its users and the institutions engaged in it.
To start with, as its name suggests, social media allows regular social interaction across
distances both literal and figurative which would have often been considered unlikely
when not outright impossible before. In other words, it may help us reconnect –and stay
in touch– with family and friends thousands of kilometres removed and decades
estranged. What’s more, it can also be a means to meet new people, for instance,
Internet love stories used to be rare, but families exist now because of them.
However, fake profiles have been far more common than true love, and they can be a
gateway for scams. Furthermore, social media keeps itself free of charge through a
business model based on advertising, which has hard disadvantages, most of which have
become manifest over the past years due to its difficult confrontation with democratic
rule.
Having all these aspects in mind, we will have to keep debating whether or not its pros
outweigh its cons in the coming decades as we are going to keep using it
What would you like to do if you had the opportunity to take a gap year? Explain.
If I could take a gap year, I would like to do an internship because I want to get an early
start in my professional career, which I think I would not be able to do if I went straight
into higher education.
First of all, Internships can be a great opportunity for young people to establish
connections in industries they want to be a proper part of one day, to learn their trade of
choice from seasoned professionals or –at worst– to rethink their preferences in order to
choose a degree more wisely.
In my case, I believe it is essential to the professional development of young people that
we are proactive in our search for employment, given that today’s job market is not
precisely the most open to solicitors with little to no experience.
In conclusion, if a full university degree will not assure your immediate entry into the
workforce on its own, then you have to look for other paths. A gap year might just be the
best chance to do so.

Is it better to stay single or get married? Discuss

In general, being single carries the least amount of emotional risk and prevents bad
experience, that marriage can do, like a divorce. People tend to link happiness to simply
being single or married and happiness is doing what makes you happy.
Being single allows you to have more time to yourself. You get to choose what you want
and when you want it and you can build yourself a really good life, study or travel
whenever you want. Building your happiness depends on you and your decisions. On the
other hand, married life can give more security if both parties can cooperate. Money,
socialization and the support of another person can sometimes allow you to be the best
version of yourself. Having emotional support is really good and beneficial. When there is
understanding and love in a relationship, all plans are perfect and you can enjoy the same
things that you did single.
To sum up, I would like to say that it all depends on the type of person you are and what
you want in life at a certain moment because priorities may also change along life.