The document provides 12 prompts for arguments for and against essays on various topics. The prompts include statements about wasting elderly resources, current generations being lazy, benefits of work experience before university, benefits of different communication methods, impacts of technology on lives, advantages of being underrated or overrated, treating adversaries with respect, whether success requires others' failure, impacts of after-school programs, benefits of disconnecting from the world, keeping friends and enemies close, and impacts of internet addiction.
The document provides 12 prompts for arguments for and against essays on various topics. The prompts include statements about wasting elderly resources, current generations being lazy, benefits of work experience before university, benefits of different communication methods, impacts of technology on lives, advantages of being underrated or overrated, treating adversaries with respect, whether success requires others' failure, impacts of after-school programs, benefits of disconnecting from the world, keeping friends and enemies close, and impacts of internet addiction.
The document provides 12 prompts for arguments for and against essays on various topics. The prompts include statements about wasting elderly resources, current generations being lazy, benefits of work experience before university, benefits of different communication methods, impacts of technology on lives, advantages of being underrated or overrated, treating adversaries with respect, whether success requires others' failure, impacts of after-school programs, benefits of disconnecting from the world, keeping friends and enemies close, and impacts of internet addiction.
Agree or disagree with the following statement: We waste a great natural
resource: the elderly. 2. Agree or disagree with the following statement: The current generation is lazy and lacks discipline. 3. Agree and disagree with the following statement: It is beneficial for a high school graduate to work for a year before entering the university. 4. Agree or disagree with the following statement: Face-to-face communication is better than other types of communication, such as letters, e-mail, or telephone calls. 5. Give arguments for and against the following statement: We have adopted the relentless pace of the very machines that were supposed to simplify our lives, with the result that, whether at work or play, people do not feel their lives have changed for the better. 6. Give arguments for and against the following statement: It is better to be underrated by people than to be overrated by them. 7. Give arguments for and against the following statement: Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled. (Samuel Johnson). 8. Give arguments for and against the following statement: Success is somebody else’s failure. Make sure your personal opinion is clearly stated in one paragraph within your essay. 9. Give arguments for and against the following statement: Quality after - school programmes improve academic performance, decrease youth delinquency and help young people grow into healthy, successful adults. 10. Give arguments for and against the following statement: It’s all right to disconnect from the world every once in a while; in fact I feel certain that our sanity and identity as humans necessitates it. 11. Give arguments for and against the following statement: Keep your friends close; keep your enemies closer. 12. Write a for and against essay on the following topic: Internet can consume up to 80 hours a week,wreck relationships, damage health and it is the world’s fastest growing addiction. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)