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Topic:Musicisplayedineverysocietyandcultureintheworldtoday.Somepeoplethinkthatmusicbringsonlybenefitstoindividualsandsocieties.Other,however,thinkthatmusiccanhaveanegativeinfluenceonboth.DiscussboththeseviewsandgiveyourownopinionGivereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourownknowledgeorexperience.Writeatleast250wordsSAMPLEANSWER:Generally,musicisconsideredtobeoneofthemostpopularandancientmodesofhumanexpression.Itfeatureslargelyinallhistoriesandallculturesandindeedhasbeenoneofthemainwaysofpassingonculturaltraditionstonewgenerations.Becauseofthis,manypeopleviewmusicasapositiveinfluenceforsocieties.Theyalsobelievethattheinfluenceonindividualsiswhollybeneficialasitisalong-establishedwayofcommunicatingandhelpingustounderstandthewholerangeofhumanemotionandexperienceinamorespirituallanguagethanwordscanrepresent.However,therearedifferentkindsofmusicandthequalitiesofclassicalmusictraditionsarenotnecessarilypartofthemusicmanypeopleexperiencetoday.Inthemodernworldthereisahugemusicindustrythatsellspipedmusictosupermarketsandadvertisers.Wearealsoconstantlyexposedtoloud,modernmusicfrompeople'sCDplayers,iPodsorcarradios.sotheviewofmusictodayasakindofnoisepollutionproducedbyselfishpeople,isalsoacommonandnegativeone.Butitisdifficulttothinkofaworldwithoutmusic.Certainlythereisbadmusicthatmayhavenegativeinfluences,particularlyontheyoung.Butpeople'stasteinmusictendstochangeastheygetolder,anditwouldbedifficulttofindsomeonewhohadnopositivemusicalassociationsatall.Inconclusion,Ithinkthatmusiccanhavebothpositiveandnegativeinfluencesonpeopleandsociety,butitisanintegralpartofhumanexpressionthatwecannotreallyseparatefromourlives.(267words)Topic:Youngpeopleinthemodernworldseemtohavemorepowerandinfluencethananypreviousyounggeneration.Whyisthiscase?Whatimpactdoesthishaveontherelationshipbetweenoldandyoungpeople?Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourownknowledgeorexperience.Writeatleast250wordsSAMPLEANSWER:Iwouldagreethatyoungpeopletodayplayabiggerroleinsocietythantheirparents'orgrandparents'generationdid.Thisismainlyduetothelargesocialandtechnologicalchangesthathaveincreasedtheexperiencegapbetweenthegenerations.Forinstance,youngpeopletodayaregenerallybettereducated,andbecausetheyhavebeentrainedfromayoungagetousecomputertechnology,theyhaveinternetaccesstoinformationinawaythatwasunimaginableforearliergenerations.Thismeansthattheyareprobablybetterinformedthantheirparentsorgrandparentswereattheirage,andtheirhi-techskillsgivethemconfidenceindealingwiththeveryrapidchangesintechnologythataresouncomfortableforolderpeople.Inaddition,youngerpeopleareoftenthemostaffectedbyglobalization.Theyfollowfashionsinclothes,musicandsocialhabitsthatarecommonamongyoungpeoplethroughouttheworld.Sotheyhavebecomepowerfulconsumerswhoinfluencebigglobalmarketstoday.Asaresultofallthesedevelopments,relationshipswitholderpeopleareoftendifficult.Teachersandparentsarenolongertreatedwithrespect,andexperienceisundervaluedbecauseyoungpeoplethinktheyknoweverything,oratleastcanlearnabouteverythingfromtheinternet.Inmanyculturesthishasledtoalackofdisciplineinschools,familybreakdownsandevenserioussocialproblems.However,thecurrentgenerationgapistheresponsibilityofbothyoungerandoldergenerations.Bothhavetomakeeffortstounderstandeachotherandagoodstartingpointwouldbeforfamiliestospendmoretimetogetherthantheynormallydotoday.(264words)Topic:Modernsocietiesneedspecialistsincertainfields,butnotinothers.Somepeoplethereforethingthatgovernmentsshouldpayuniversityfeesforstudentswhostudysubjectsthatareneededbysociety.Thosewhochoosetostudylessrelevantsubjectsshouldnotreceivegovernmentfunding.Wouldtheadvantagesofsuchaneducationalpolicyoutweighthedisadvantages.Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourownknowledgeorexperience.Writeatleast250wordsSAMPLEANSWER:Ineverycountrytherearefashionsamongstudentsaboutwhichsubjectsarethebesttostudyatuniversity.Sometimesthepopularityofasubjectsisdeterminedbyhowmuchmoreagraduatecouldsubsequentlyearninthatfield.Orsubjectsthatareperceivedasrelativelyeasymayalsobecomepopular,inspiteoflaterdifficultiesoffindingappropriateemployment.Itisuptogovernmentstogiveincentivestostudentstochoosesubjectsthatmatchtheneedoftheirsociety.Obviouslyonewaytodothiswouldbeforthegovernmenttopaythefeesofthosechoosingsuchsubjects.Theadvantagewouldcertainlybethathighernumbersofstudentswouldenrollandwouldlaterfilltheemploymentgaps.However,thedisadvantagesofsuchapolicywouldbeconsiderable.Forexample,thestudentsattractedbythefundingmaynothaveanyrealinterestinoraptitudeforthatsubject.Suchstudentsmaydropoutbeforegraduationorafterworkingonlyashorttimeinarelatedjob.Furthermore,fundingonegroupofstudentsbutnototherswouldpenalizethosewithagenuineinterestandabilityforanotherfield.Suchdiscriminationwouldcertainlyaffectthewholeofhighereducationofthecountryandstudentswoulddevelopverynegativeattitudestowardsgoingtouniversityaltogether.Thiswouldbeverycounter-productiveforanycountry.InconclusionIthingthattherearemanyotherincentivesforstudentsthatcou