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102_FIAB1007.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
[Quotation] . This is how a song by Abba starts. It was popular in the 70's and it is still somewhat played, but it could as well have been written in the 90's. For many rich people - and especially for them - money means everything .
It is really... |
103_FIAB1009.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
Money is said to be the root of all evil. I agree, and I would like to add religion to that statement as well, but I will not. Money has become the centre of life to most people, perhaps it has always been that way. We have a tendency to make a dis... |
104_FIAB1010.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
The television is a rather new invention, but the fact is that it is rather difficult today to find a home that has no TV. Very quickly the television has w... |
105_FIAB1054.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
If Karl Marx were alive today, he probably would call television the opium of the masses. There are very good reasons for this, reasons that the average ' t... |
106_FIAB1056.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
Technology and science are part of everyday life. As I wake up in the morning I am surrounded by strange things which have become sel... |
107_FIHE1001.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
Karl Marx has said that religion was the opium of the masses. I assume that he meant the enormous effect religion has on people; they think that the one the... |
108_FIHE1008.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
To dream is human, and imagination is the one thing that has got us where we are today. To say that there is no longer a place for dr... |
109_FIHE1019.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of little value.
Once in a while I have heard people argue that the university degrees are theoretical and take too much distance from the real world with its practicies. The degrees are of very little v... |
110_FIHE1022.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of little value.
This is a claim that is often being made, especially by people who criticize the university system. I agree that university degrees are theoretical, but I think that it does not necessar... |
111_FIHE1028.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
"How can gambling be wrong when you win this much?" This was the embarrassed comment of a British clergyman to the press after he had won £214.000 on pools. In his charmingly honest confusion, this priest actually gave a down-to-earth expression to... |
112_FIJO1005.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Is capital punishment different in kind from other sorts of judicial sanction? If it were shown to be effective in deterring crimes of certain sorts, would that justify its use?
In Fedor Dostoyevski's novel "Crime and punishment" the main character, Razkolnikov, gets his punishment for the crime he has done ... |
113_FIJO1012.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Is capital punishment different in kind from other sorts of judicial sanction? If it were shown to be effective in deterring crimes of certain sorts, would that justify its use?
Finnish law employes different punishments for people of various ages. I will focus on punishments for young criminals in my essay ... |
114_FIJO1024.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Is capital punishment different in kind from other sorts of judicial sanction? If it were shown to be effective in deterring crimes of certain sorts, would that justify its use?
Why have we invented punishments? What do we want to accomplish or prove by using them? These are rather simple questions to answer... |
115_FIJO1037.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation there is no longer a place for dream... |
116_FIJY1005.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
It's really incredible if you think about the history of television. Fifty years ago it wasn't so common to have a television at home. Back then the radio w... |
117_FIJY1014.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
"Did you watch the Bold and the Beautiful yesterday?" That is a very common question in today's Finland. You see, the Bold and the Beautiful is a very popul... |
118_FIJY1027.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
[Quotation] ... and ABBA was right, they literally hit the nail on the head. Money is important, money is power. Of course there are some other things that are even more important, such as love or a true friendship, but I am sure everybody agrees ... |
119_FIJY1030.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
Thousands of years ago there was an ancient man who needed something he could not get or gain alone. So he went searching, searching for another man who could possibly have that something. When he finally found him, it appeared that this particular... |
120_FIJY1043.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
When people think about feminism, they usually consider it as an ideology based on the thought about the cause of women. But what exactly does the term cause of women mean? Is it the principle of ordinary women striving for the equality of the sexe... |
121_FIJY1047.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
"Money is the root of all evil" is an old saying, as well as "money does not make you happy". To some extent both of these arguments are true. Most people have always wished to be rich or are longing to have more money. Nobody seems to be happy wit... |
122_FIJY1050.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of little value.
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Newspaper advertisements like these one can read almost in every newspaper or magazine. Why people with university degrees seek for job through newsadvertisem... |
123_FIJY1054.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
The sound music of the american soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" starts and there is a quiet hour for otherwise so busy cashiers of the supermarkets.... |
124_FIJY1055.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
Money is definitely the root of all evil. I believe that at least 96 % of all the people in the world are not satisfied with the amount of money that they possess. And because earning more money by honest work is too slow and the amount of money yo... |
125_FIJY1061.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
Dreams and imagination are powers that keep pushing us towards a new day. Dreams give us strenght and imagination makes our life more... |
126_FIJY1075.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
I am a feminist; I just don't want to brag about it. The word ' feminist ' has many negative connotations, and anyone who claims to be one is immediately labelled as being hostile towards men in general. A stereotype of a feminist is a woman who is... |
127_FRUB1005.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
Money is the root of all evil This assertion may be false on the one hand because human beings need money to live on for some of us at least to survive .
Let us think to all the poor people in the world who desperately seek money to live at subsist... |
128_FRUB1008.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
On the contrary, according to me feminists have done more good than harm to the cause of women. Forty years ago the french philosopher Simone de Beauvoir declared that [Quotation] . It has been a difficult birth but today a woman's place is not onl... |
129_FRUB1009.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good When we think about the advances achieved by the feminists, we systematically call to mind the women's movement of the 60/70ies. We must not forget however that many of the goals that wo... |
130_FRUB1010.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
In this essay I will deal with the intricate and tricky problem of the feminism. The question that arises here is: Is it so that feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good? I will attempt to show that their actions have brought n... |
131_FRUB1022.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of little value. This claim witnesses not only a certain uneasiness on the... |
132_FRUB2005.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
All over the world, money is used for measuring value, for storing wealth and for buying or selling goods. This explains why money is so important and so necessary in our modern society .
Unfortunately money also corrupts society and its members, f... |
133_FRUB2013.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
Money, the root of ALL evil? Certainly not, many other factors contribute to the degeneration of our civilization. Nevertheless I think money can claim being number one in that matter! Let us think of the influence money has at the level of the ind... |
134_FRUB2016.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
Nowadays, television invades our daily life. Most families spend the whole evening in front of their television set. The first thing that some people do in ... |
135_FRUC3029.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
If you ask a child what his plans are for the coming holidays, he will no doubt select activities such as watching the television or ... |
136_FRUC3061.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
What Marx meant by religion as the opium of the masses can be understood as followed. Let us begin with the word "opium". This word reminds us of the import... |
137_FRUC3066.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
A new regulation is being enforced concerning advertisement on cigarettes. Police are more and more hard towards alcohol abuse, especially while driving. Cu... |
138_FRUC3088.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
To the reader: This is not a formal essay: It is a dreamy essay .
It is true that naïvety, dreaming and imagination are irremediably ... |
139_FRUC3092.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
To understand how universities have been created in Occident, we have to go back to the Middle Ages. Only a few monks or future monks were concerned with school at that time. Cut of... |
140_FRUC3093.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
Experience is a major asset for any job applicant, and this very common requirement in job offers seems to corroborate the statement according to which "most university degrees are ... |
141_FRUL1002.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
When I am dreaming about past times I see little villages surrounded by dark woods and many children who gather around the fireplace.... |
142_FRUL1004.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
Marx, who was one of the great social economists and society theorists of the last century, would never have guessed, what the evolution would be in the twe... |
143_FRUL1033.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
In our society, science, technology and industrialisation have become three inseparable words. They are inevitably linked together. T... |
144_FRUL1034.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
Nowadays few women think of themselves as feminists. The Women's Lib is out of fashion and seems to belong to a remote past. A reason for this may be that women no longer feel the need of a dramatic change, since their social, political and profess... |
145_FRUL2001.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
What strikes me about Marx's original sentence is its provocative aspect. To compare religion and its medium, the church, to a drug is a clear statement. Op... |
146_FRUL2002.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
It is of course always difficult to agree with assertions as categoric as this one. But we should perhaps first examine the aim of university studies before we discuss the statement... |
147_FRUL2005.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
In the 19th century, the time when Karl Marx lived, religion played an important role in our western world. Most people were brought up Christianely and the... |
148_FRUL2007.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
Journalists have got the privilege to select and bring something to the public eye. For reasons of time or space already, only a few out of all the incoming... |
149_FRUL2008.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
In a century in which many traditional values and ideals are doubted or even turned over it is no wonder that also the male supremacy which for a long time dominated the relationship between men and women isn't spared questionning .
Surely, it cann... |
150_FRUL2012.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In his novel 'Animal Farm' George Orwell wrote 'All men are equal but some are more equal than others'. How true is this today?
In his novel Animal Farm, Orwell satirizes communism. And the nowadays famous sentence "All men are equal: but some are more equal than others." actually criticizes the communists' c... |
151_FRUL2013.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the 19th century, Victor Hugo said: 'How sad it is to think that nature is calling out but humanity refuses to pay heed.' Do you think it is still true nowadays?
Victor Hugo's sentence [Quotation] shows that he must have been an early ecologist. In fact, the 19th century was the century of industrialization... |
152_FRUL2016.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
As the knight in Chaucer's [Reference] has to discover what women most desire, we could ask ourselves: what does Man most covet? In the light of many episodes in history we could say that greed, the need of possession, gives to many people great im... |
153_FRUL2017.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
Marx claimed that religion was "the opium of the masses". Did he mean by this that the church provided people with some drugs? Not exactly, what he did mean... |
154_FRUL2018.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: The prison system is outdated. No civilized society should punish its criminals: it should rehabilitate them
Not only Great Britain but the whole Western world was shocked by the events that took place in a little town in England: two ten-year-old boys kidnapped a two-year-old child, beat it to death, and thr... |
155_FRUL2028.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
If I were to respond spontaneously to this essay's title, I would say that this statement is certainly a male one. But on reflection, I consider that we should be cautious about making over-simplified assertions and try to consider the emancipation... |
156_GEAU3089.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | NA | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: A defence of capital punishment
In what are known as the bad and cruel old days of the dark and dismal Middle Ages, we are led to believe that a bloodthirsty hangman with a black hood on his head and a huge axe in his hand was doing his job in almost every country of the known world. Not only did he execute, ho... |
157_GEAU4002.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Argue the case for or against capital punishment
"Therefore I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you are dead!" This sentence was the end of the trial, but for him it was the beginning - the beginning of the last few days of his life. He was twenty-six years old, in the prime of his life, but all that... |
158_GEAU4006.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Argue the case for or against capital punishment
"From a hopeful to a has been to a front runner to a superstar." This is a favourable portrayal of the new U.S. President Bill Clinton that could be found in this week's TIME magazine [Feb . 1]. This man, the most powerful and most influential politician on eart... |
159_GEAU4011.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Why should anyone study foreign languages?
You can hear it everywhere and from everybody that, today, studying foreign languages is almost compulsory. It can be of direct use to the learner when he or she goes abroad. And reasons for going abroad are numerous nowadays. It is not only a matter of having fun and ... |
160_GESA4003.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should the death penalty be abolished?
At the beginning I want to make clear that in my opinion there does not exist an appropriate sentence for a crime because the circumstances and the psychological state of mind of the perpetrator are always different. Therefore the death penalty should also be abolished i... |
161_GESA4004.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should the death penalty be abolished?
[Quotation] [Reference] . This definition does clarify the meaning of the phrase "capital punishment" but it does not provide any justification for the use of the death penalty. It seems to me that asking "what" capital punishment is is not as important as the question ... |
162_GESA4005.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should the death penalty be abolished?
In some states of the USA the death penalty is still executed .
Some people think that it is not right to punish someone by putting him to death. Another part of the population thinks that a person who kills humans deliberately, has lost the right to live. They are sure ... |
163_GESA4007.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Do you think that the death penalty should be abolished?
In my opinion, the death penalty should be abolished - the sooner, the better. I cannot believe that this kind of punishment is still tolerated in our - like everybody thinks - modern society. Especially in the USA convicted men and woman are killed by ... |
164_GESA4009.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Do you think that the death penalty should be abolished?
In many countries of the world, even in some states of the U.S.A., death penalty is a common method to punish murderers or other criminals who have done a really bad crime. But it is also known that such methods of punishment are like those people used ... |
165_GESA4010.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Do you think that the death penalty should be abolished?
Nowadays we should be civilized enough to be able to find other forms of penalty regardless of the severeness of a crime. There are nations where death penalty is still legalized and applied. But we must ask ourselves whether it really affects the crime... |
166_GESA4011.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Do you think that the death penalty should be abolished?
In the middle of the 18th century there was no doubt about the expediency of the death penalty. The Carolina (1536) provided a death penalty in most cases of crime. The execution was extremly cruel. During the 18th century the death penalty had slowly b... |
167_GRAR1032.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
Many years ago, people led their lives according to what religion dictated they should do, many times without thinking if those doctrines where the ones tha... |
168_GRAR1077.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
It is widely accepted that, once, religion could fanaticize and totally brainwash the masses. It had become the principal social value and people considered... |
169_GRAR1086.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
It is true that nowadays television has become a kind of religion. It is "cherished" by so many people around the world and it is given so much attention th... |
170_GRAR1091.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
Considering the multi-dimensional role of religion through the years and how much has it affected certain forms of behaviour of humans anyone could agree th... |
171_GRAR1130.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
Television has been burdened from its very birth with accusations that attack it both as a device and as a concept: it's bad for your eyes and for your mind... |
172_GRAR2007.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of little value.
The University is supposed to be among the highest institutions in all countries that has the power to make people capaple for better opportunities in life, in terms of education and a p... |
173_GRAR2013.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
Even from the time, we are young children, we listen to our parents telling us how important it is to pass the exams and be accepted in the university. They believe that the univer... |
174_GRAR2032.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
It is true that most university degrees are theoretical and do not provide any kind of practice, but I certainly do not believe that they do not prepare students for the real world ... |
175_GRAR2055.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
Nowadays, a degree is not anymore just a title of education, knowledge or a certification but the first step in the world of employment and experience. It is a base on which will be... |
176_GRAR2059.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
Most university degrees are indeed so much based on theory and huge analyses that they do not prepare students for the real world. It is my belief that these degrees for sure, they ... |
177_GRAR3002.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
During the last decades tremendous changes have occur in a woman's life and roles in a society. The feminist movement has contributed largely to that and as every big and important current as this, it has brought many diversities of opinions and ar... |
178_GRAR3005.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
The concept of feminism is not a simple one. The effects it had upon society, including men and women, cannot be characterized as just good or bad. Once it appeared as a trend in academic circles first, it challenged people's and especially women's... |
179_GRAR3006.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
During the time that the movement of feminism started to be developed, every woman in the world that believed that has something to improve about her situation either in her home or generally in society took part in the struggles that this particul... |
180_GRAR3012.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
Nowadays the position women have in the society is considered to be equal with the position of men. However, some years before women did not have such a position, they were regarded as inferior to men and not clever enough to work and study in univ... |
181_GRAR3036.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
The feministic movement which made its appearance in the second half of the 19th century, has undoubtedly achieved much in changing the condition of a woman's life over the previous years. As a matter of fact, women can nowadays vote, work, study a... |
182_GRAR5010.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
Modern world was a dream for the past generations and a reality for the people of today. After so many struggles and difficulties, hu... |
183_GRAR5029.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
Nowadays, it is quite often admitted that the modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, does not leave a... |
184_GRAR5054.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
It is universally acknowledged that the society of today has achieved a profound evolution at all fields of life, as compared to what... |
185_GRAR5064.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
It is true that in our modern world, concidering the development that has been noticed in the scientific and technological fields, it... |
186_GRAR5095.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
Everyone of us, when we are young, we dream of how our life will be when we get to be when we are grow adults and what proffession we... |
187_HUEL4018.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phone leads to loneliness
In the course of human history members of different communities have always felt the need for the company of their acquaintances. As time past, technological improvement appeared, mainly from the 20th century, n order to be able to contact with our relations, friends or lovers m... |
188_HUEL4021.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phones equal bad manners
Nowadays almost every single person holds a mobile phone, wherever they go, whatever they do. Mobile phones are very useful but can be very annoying at the same time. Unfortunately, a large number of people owning such telephones can not use them in a way that would not disturb t... |
189_HUEL4026.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phones in public places
Nowadays mobile phones play an important role in many people's life, even children and elderly people seem to be acquainted with them. Wherever mobile-owners go, the phone is always on them, which, in itself, would not be a problem, but there are many cases when mobiles are not on... |
190_HUEL4029.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phones are bad for us
In the past few decades our world has changed beyond recognition. Thousands of inventions found their way to our homes. Especially the communicational technology has been developing quickly. For example, there is hardly anyone who does not own a mobile phone and cannot use it at lea... |
191_HUEL4045.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Buying mobile phones for children under 14 is the parents' responsibility
Nowadays, we are overwhelmed with mobile phones, and we cannot imagine communication without them. During the last decades, they became inseparable from us as if they were part of our body. However, we seem to ignore the harmful effects c... |
192_HUEL4052.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Away with mobiles!
In today's digitalized and modernized society, where education is also based on modern technology, living without a mobile phone seems to be inconsiderable. As an increasing number of the young, including even kindergarten students is in the possession of a mobile, the fact that mobile commun... |
193_HUEL4053.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should Mobile Phones Be Prohibited?
The rapid spread of technological devices is one of the greatest problems of our time.
The proper regulations regarding the use of these devices are still lacking. While many such instruments are silent and discreete, mobile phones can be disturbing, indeed. There are restric... |
194_HUEL4059.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phones are ruining privacy
The technology of mobile phones has developed greatly in the last fifteen years. The improvement is still continuing and the use of these objects has spread like wildfire. By now almost everybody owns a cellphone. It can be seen in the hands of tiny school children as well as i... |
195_HUEL4063.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phone use should be strictly controlled at workplaces.
Mobile phones are considered to be one of the most important means of communication, as they facilitate everyday life by making everything easily accessible. Unfettered mobile phone use, however, have several disadvantageous consequences especially ... |
196_HUEL4074.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phones - disconnecting people
Cell phones with internet access are the smash hits of today because they enable lazy people to keep up relatively good relationships with others in strictly 160 characters, or a few minutes chatting per day. The reason why this is accepted is this "running world we live in ... |
197_HUEL4081.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phones: blessing or curse?
The phenomenon of mobile phones has been around for decades. At first, we looked at them with aroused curiousity, now we see them whenever we look, and cannot imagine our life without them. Still, the question arises whether they make our life easier and more comfortable or whe... |
198_HUEL4092.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile etiquette should be introduced at workplaces
A lot of companies complain nowadays that the lack of a properly frameworked mobile etiquette is ruining their lives and working efficiency. They claim that a rulebook of the accessibility and usage of any mobile device would be necessary. In my opinion, it wo... |
199_HUEL4094.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phones: more of a curse than a blessing
Mobile phones are only a recent invention but in the course of a few short years they have managed to become a part of almost all of our lives. Everybody has them, everybody uses them - on the bus, in the park, at the workplace - even at home or on a date. We have ... |
200_HUEL4102.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phones in elementary and secondary schools
It is common knowledge that communication devices, such as mobile phones, laptops, computers provided with internet access are present ubiquitously in our lives. Also, our communication habits have undergone considerable change since we tend to communicate, with... |
201_HUEL4109.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phones should be banned
In our high-tech society mobile devices have achieved a great importance. Lately wireless phones have become ivailable parts of our daily routine. We usually feel lost without a phone at hand: we do not know the birthdays of our parents, we cannot recall our business appointment o... |
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