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202_HUEL4125.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phones: useful but dangerous
Today in the 21st century nearly every person has got a mobile phone, even little children at elementary school. Everybody has got an opinion about mobile phones but even if this opinion is negative people cannot stop using them. Mobile phones are important for the life of mo... |
203_HUEL4132.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile etiquette should be enforced by law
Recently debates concerning the use of cell phones in public places have become more and more popular. However, the debates remain still debates, and they have not provided a solution for the problem of regulation yet. The establishment of a unfied mobile etiquette is ... |
204_HUEL4136.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile Etiquettes Are Urgently Needed
That employees make long phone calls on their mobile phones discussing either their private lives or managing their usual everyday affairs is a well-known fact, unfortunately. These kind of phone calls disturb others while they are trying hard to concentrate on their work. ... |
205_HUEL4140.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile communication - 'connecting people'?
Nowadays hi-tech gadgets aiming at better communication and more intense interpersonal relations abound around us. One is apparently available whenever, wherever he may be. However, by peeping under this perfect image on the surface, one might find that the fine-sound... |
206_HUEL4143.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Mobile phones used more intelligently
Nowadays, almost everyone has a mobile phone and one is not surprised to hear a mobile ringing on a bus or tram. However, it is very disturbing if someone is phoning loudly on a means of transport. Mobiles ringing during a lecture or a seminar or in the middle of an intimat... |
207_IRGOL01006.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
Most university degrees are theoretical and don't prepare students for the real world. They are of little value.
I agree with this subje... |
208_IRGOL01008.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
Learning must be based academic study and practical work experience providing them for jobs. Learning experiences provide for the studen... |
209_IRGOL01011.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
In today world, education is one of the essential factors for being successful in life. Most people try to go to universities for obtain... |
210_IRKI09041.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
When students first register in university, they begin a new section of their life, they should know they will encounter a completely ne... |
211_IRMA01005.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
There is a logical relationship between crime and punishment. In fact every action has its own results and the responsibility of the result of every a... |
212_IRMA01023.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: The prison system is outdated; no civilized society should punish its criminals. It should rehabilitate them. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
Old people are always saying things about crimes and criminals, also those who are in power or in charge of it. We have all heard of different sort of... |
213_IRMA01035.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
What will happen for a prisoner? Have you ever thought about them? Have you ever seen a prison? You may have seen it in a movie but you cannot imagine... |
214_IRMA03002.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
In my opinion, putting a person in prison is like putting him in a place with many aggressors, thug and insane altogether and expects him to come out ... |
215_IRMA03008.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: The prison system is outdated; no civilized society should punish its criminals. It should rehabilitate them. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
When the first prisons established, government considered them as the most important and effective punishment, but little by little, it lost its punit... |
216_IRMA03016.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
Imprisoning criminals is a regular feature that happens all around the world. Some people are great believers in the idea that the prison system is ou... |
217_IRMA05002.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
There is no any doubt about it that, prison is a dangerous place, especially for those who enter it as the first time, have no concept of respect, and... |
218_IRMA07015.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: The prison system is outdated; no civilized society should punish its criminals. It should rehabilitate them. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
The just way of punishing criminals has been a question which has met much controversy over the years. The ideal system of justice has undergone many ... |
219_IRMA07029.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: The prison system is outdated; no civilized society should punish its criminals. It should rehabilitate them. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
First, I want to define some definitions that are necessary to know First, criminal according to Oxford Advanced English Dictionary Criminal offence... |
220_IRMA07036.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: The prison system is outdated; no civilized society should punish its criminals. It should rehabilitate them. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
Everybody has the right to live in a safe society. Sometimes, this safety is under the threat by those who break the law. These criminals are respons... |
221_IRMA10001.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 little value. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
As the science gains momentum, so do the applicants for universities. Call it keeping up with the Joneses or a deep-rooted passion for ... |
222_IRMA10012.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
Nowadays it is thought that most university degrees do not guarantee whether students can measure up in a particular job or not! Unfortu... |
223_IRMA12003.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
Nowadays, in our country, the rush for entering universities does not let us to even think whether what we learn there is practical in o... |
224_IRMA12008.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
Since the advent of neural synapse in human brain people were concerned how to turn ideas into action. You should keep in mind that the... |
225_IRMA13002.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 little value. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
Today getting an academic degree has become so important that almost none of the students pay attention to what they are going to study ... |
226_IRMA14013.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. Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?
These days, education plays an important role in each society. Everybody attempts to be educated. They enter university to improve thei... |
227_ITRS1001.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | 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 someone should define the twentieth century in one word he would call it the television era. Nowadays we are so used to television that we find difficult... |
228_ITRS1003.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 introduction and diffusion of the so called * mass-media *, such as television for example, in the modern and industrialized society, is strictly connec... |
229_ITRS2007.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.
Generally speaking, nowdays the number of students who attend University has increased. I don't exactly know the situation in foreign countries, but in Italy some Universities are c... |
230_ITRS2018.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?
The 20th century is also called * modern world *, because by now everything is dominated by science technology and industralisation. ... |
231_ITRS2021.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 very little value.
After having finished schools many students go up to the university with the hope of being better prepared for their job to come; they sometimes choose a degree because, according t... |
232_ITRS2025.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
Church has always inebriated people's mind, first with cruel prophecies about the fire of hell, then with the promise of psychological order in an age of co... |
233_ITRS2027.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
Although it is not long since television has been invented, it has become the most used electrical household appliances all over the world .
At the beginnin... |
234_ITRS2034.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
There is not much knowledge about feminism among young women. It is considered a kind of * revolution * of women against men, but it is not simply so .
This social + political movement developed during the last years of the sixties and it believed ... |
235_ITRS2035.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?
The end of the 20th century is a witness to a dynamic world ruled b the development of so many different kinds of sciences and techno... |
236_ITTO5001.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'
Probably the person who wrote this song had so much money that he did not know how to use it and, for this reason, money was perhaps more a source of anxiety than a fortune for him/her .
Anyway, nobody never died of money and, especially nowadays, ... |
237_ITTO5004.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'
Since money has been introduced our life has become more practical, that it to say we do not need to have something to exchange anymore but we just need to have enough money in our wallet when we want to buy something .
In the beginning money was m... |
238_ITTO5005.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.
During the last two decades, we have been witnesses of a rapid development in any field of knowledge which grow more refined day after day consequently, the labour market requires s... |
239_ITTO5006.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'
During the Roman Empire who used to own a great deal of * pecus *, that is to say who breeded cattle, was considered rich compared to the slaves who had nothing. Consequently the word * pecus * developed into the one of * pecunia * with the meaning... |
240_ITTO5007.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'
The word * money * is one of the most common ones in songs, books, newspapers and every day conversations. Everything that sorrounds us can be * translated * into money, everything has its own price .
A well-known motto says that money does not mak... |
241_ITTO5008.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.
In all probability university students wonder whether or not they spend their time uselessly in studying through four or five years in order to take their degree. it is necessary to... |
242_ITTO6002.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 the last few years many intellectuals have begun questioning whether the feminist * revolution * has improved women's conditions or not. It is undeniable that many feminists have exaggerated: for example, in the sixties thousands of women burnt ... |
243_ITTO6003.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
One of the main problems of the last decade of our century is that of the feminist movement. Since the end of the eighteenth century women started trying to change their role in the society, but a real turning point seems to have been the sixties o... |
244_ITTO6004.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
Mary Wollstonecraft indicating the rights of woman was simply extending radical ideas to the situation of women. Feminist movement, which some years after developed, took origins from radical ideas and it was therefore a radical movement that led t... |
245_ITTO6005.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
Since modern times women have had to strive to prove their worth in front of the society, indeed the social importance, merit and role of men was taken for granted, while women were considered as * alleged culprits * and therefore supposed to show ... |
246_ITVE3002.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?
The word which is mostly applied to our society is * materialistic * and the typical description of modern man is certainly sad: alwa... |
247_JPSW3002.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: How English Should Be Taught
I believe that listening and speaking are more important than grammar. Even if we don't speak using accurate grammar, if we just tell several words, a listener can understand intention of us. A leaner must feel something if s/he can understand what a speaker says and can tell thei... |
248_JPSW3003.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: How English Should Be Taught
Today English is widely used among many people in the world. The necessity of that people can use English is clearly rising. Now many students, adults, even little children are learning English at a school or special school like an English conversation school in Japan. But acquiri... |
249_JPSW3004.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: How English Should Be Taught
"Today, we are going to study lesson 3. Please open your text book, page 12. This lesson's key point is ..." This is typical English class in Japan. Teacher talks too much in class. Teacher's too much English speaking leads students to dreamland! What do they learn in wonderful dr... |
250_JPSW3006.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: How English Should Be Taught
In recent years, English is called "world language" and people of all over the world speak in English when they talk with people of another country. Therefore, we have to use English for having communication with them. The pivot of conventional Japanese method of teaching English ... |
251_JPSW3007.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: How English Should Be Taught
I should teach speaking or conversation at first, because it is difficult for Japanese to deal with have a conversation. So, I put emphasis on speaking rather than grammar to the beginning learner. Until quite recently, systems of education in Japan have a course such that teacher... |
252_JPSW3008.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: How English Should Be Taught
This time I want to think about teaching English. When I was high school student, I liked to study English, but I didn't like English class because how to teach English by teacher did not interest me. Therefore, I was bored and sometimes slept in English class. Now, from my experi... |
253_JPSW3009.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: How English Should Be Taught
Now, it is said the internationalization society. The exchange with foreign country is active in a lot of fields. So it is necessary to study and use English that is common language. To study English is to understand different culture in the country where English is spoken. To und... |
254_JPSW3011.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: How English Should Be Taught
Speaking and listening are important. They are essential in communication. I think that English learning is not only to learn language but also communication. Speaking and listening are the very first step to master English, so we should have more conversation practices in class. ... |
255_JPSW3015.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: How English Should Be Taught
I have been learned English since I was junior school student. But I couldn't communicate with English speaking people at that time. I learn English I want to speak more fluently. Although teacher taught me English to use textbook almost every day, I didn't remember of their lesso... |
256_JPSW3020.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: How English Should Be Taught
We should develop our ability to speak English. Certainly, It is emphasized by a lot of people, but actually even if almost all the Japanese people study English, they can not speak English fluently or can not understandEnglish. If we overcome this serious problem, we can get nati... |
257_JPTF1007.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Death Penalty
I am basically against the death penalty because I think that a man has not the right to judge other persons. If the right to judge criminals exist, only the victims has it. Only the victims know ache that criminals gave them, but not judges in court. I just disagree the idea that other human be... |
258_JPTF1013.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Capital Punishment
There are constant controversies concerning capital punishment. The problem is whether capital punishment is necessary, whether capital punishment has the deterrence, whether the condemned criminal's rights should be respected, whether capital punishment rewards the victims and their family... |
259_JPTF1019.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Death Penalty
The number of countries which abolish the death penalty has been increasing. The United Nations General Assembly also adopted "The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty" in 1989 and published it in 1991.... |
260_JPTF1027.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Capital Punishment
Today, there are many arguments with the capital punishment. Because criminals become more merciless, it is hard for us to forgive their crimes. Some people say that criminals kill one or two people, they of course should be killed. I also can't forgive them. But I think the capital punishm... |
261_JPTF1033.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Death Penalty
In Japan, the death penalty is decided to be the ultimate punishment to brutal crimes. However, I am opposed to the death penalty. Some people would say that criminals, who murdered other people, should be punished by very harsh way, or be put to death. But I don't think we are allowed to derive... |
262_JPTF1034.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Death Penalty
Should the death penalty be maintained? For many years, this question has been argued about all over the world. Though recently, opinions about the death penalty in the world are moving toward abolishing it, Japan still continues to execute it. In my opinion, the death penalty should be abolishe... |
263_JPTF1039.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | A2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Death Penalty
On July the nineteenth, we had a discussion which is about death penalty. In the discussion, I was a supporter of death penalty. After hearing each person's opinion, though, my feeling didn't change at all. From this discussion, I learned how difficult to talk about a issue in English. And I wil... |
264_JPTF1041.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Death Penalty
In my point of view, we should not abolish the death penalty in Japan, though other countries abolish it. It seems to take an important role in restricting the crime. Without this system, criminals will feel too easy for committing crime. The number of criminals killed are very small, but the ex... |
265_JPTF1042.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Death Penalty
I am in support of the death penalty. I'll state three reasons why I assent to the death penalty .
First, it'll help to reduce vicious crimes because of the dread of death. We couldn't understand how fearful the person who is passed a sentence of death. It might be very cruelty that you don't kn... |
266_JPTM1024.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Death Penalty
We still have death penalty in Japan. I don't think no one in the world have a right to decide to kill anyone. I'm against the idea of death penalty .
I watched a TV program reporting death penalty in the world. There are quite a few countries where they still have death penalty. I wonder why pe... |
267_KRBF1014.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | 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
There are many common things between mass media and religion. Mainly they both have addictive power on people, ability of binding people in one very intima... |
268_KRBF1017.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | 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 drea... |
269_KRBF1020.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
From 19th century feminism is becoming more and more popular as a tool for women to be freedom and equal on every aspect. We all know that women had very little rights and their social status was also lower than men before. So many feminists or or... |
272_KRBF1053.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".
In these days, people think that the most important thing in the world is money. And this is also applied when they get a job. People want to work at a company that would be able to earn lots of money. However, I don't agree with that idea. The mo... |
274_KRBF1062.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | 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 20th century, TV must be one of the most affective devices which human beings developed. I was also watching TV everyday, and now I'm watching TV as... |
275_KRBF2010.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | NA | 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?
Have you ever thought about dreaming and imaginating? everyone wants to be imaginating regardless of age, sex and state of life. How... |
276_KRBF2022.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
Television can be said that opium of modern society. Opium is addictive. That means when trying to give up their dependence, addicts often suffer withdraw... |
277_KRBF2032.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | NA | 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 said that religion was the opium of the masses. At the time, even more oppressive to the poor people live, who knows what else was being exploited. Th... |
278_KRHY1090.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
Feminism would aim to liberation of women. It starts for women who was restrained from the central force such as men and get rid of women species just pursuit equal human beings. but many events undergo and it's meaning varies gradually. Then it de... |
279_KRHY1091.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should the death penalty be mandatory for people that kill other people?
Whether capital punishment has to be abolished or not has been argued for a long time. In fact, No matter who it is, human don't have right to kill one's life. People made a law to exist social structure orderly from ancient society. Am... |
280_KRHY1115.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should the death penalty be mandatory for people that kill other people?
Recently in Korea, a corpse of a 14 year-old girl was found in her neighborhood. Her body was raped, murdered, and left in a water tank on top of a building. The criminal was finally caught but no one could do anything to bring the pitif... |
281_KRMJ1010.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | 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?
Today's high school students constantly study to enter a good university. Most of them do their best to study for their future. By t... |
283_KRSA1001.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should the death penalty be mandatory for people that kill other people?
These days, our society has lots of unsolved severe problems. One of that is a capital crime. Many hideous crimes are being committed. Therefore now there is a sharp division of opinion about death penalty abolition. Which one is the be... |
284_KRSA1011.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should the death penalty be mandatory for people that kill other people?
The death penalty should be abolished. In many countries, death penalty is the still subject of controversy. Also in South Korea, the matter of death penalty is an endless subject between politicians, experts and the public. Korea has a... |
285_KRSA1021.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should the death penalty be mandatory for people that kill other people?
Are you capable of killing somebody? I guess, Of course not. That is why I have a disagreement about mandatory of a death penalty for that kill other people even by law. we should be clear that Nobody can have right to judge other peopl... |
286_KRSA1056.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should the death penalty be mandatory for people that kill other people?
A research concerning the repeal of the death penalty showed that 86 percent people of Korea did not agree on repealing capital punishment. It is still arguable whether it is right to abolish capital punishment. In fact, there have been... |
287_LTVI2074.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Is everyone really equal?
There is really popular these days to talk about equality issues. There are an immense amount of projects that suggest the society that people are born equal and the equality should be followed in every sphere of our life. Women are proposed to be equal to men, black equal to white, p... |
288_LTVI2081.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 past 50 years feminist movements have flourished in many countries and reached the peak of their power. Lots of improvements concerning women rights and freedoms have been made. It seems that feminists having eliminated difficulties in al... |
289_LTVY1002.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Is everyone really equal?
A famous saying by G. Orwell claims that "All men are equal but some are more equal than others". In my opinion this is true, especially nowadays when so many countries in the world declare that they are democratic, and this democracy is based on the human rights. It is very easy to ... |
290_LTVY1005.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 days of old it was exclusively religion that was the source of solace for all the nations. Nowadays more and more people devote their free time to te... |
291_LTVY2001.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and they do not prepare students for the real world
Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value. Imagine, for example, an employer who is looking for a young perspective person to work in... |
292_LTVY2005.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
First of all, it is necessary to indicate that television nowadays is one of the main mass media. TV became an ordinary domestic appliance, which is purchas... |
293_LTVY2011.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Money is the root of all evil
Nowadays it is difficult to do something without money. It is important to assume that whatever one is eager to do he must usually pay for it. The way one decides to invest their money depends on the man's ability to control himself and not to waste money vainly. There are two di... |
294_LTVY2014.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and they do not prepare students for the real world
It is very important for everyone to have a good job and earn enough money for a reasonably well-supported life. People go to universities to get a degree so that they could get a better job. They believe that a degree... |
295_LTVY3003.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
As political movement feminism began between the late 18th and early 20th century in Europe and in the United States. It was always based on the idea that women must have equal rights and opportunities as men. Several disadvantages and advantages of... |
296_LTVY3004.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
Although feminism has many forms and shapes, the main goal of it is to liberate women. Feminist movements started in the nineteenth century in the United States. However, the first feminists who joined the movement were treated more as individualist... |
297_LTVY3007.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and they do not prepare students for the real world
Nowadays more and more people argue that most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. Most probably they talk so from their own experience. Nevertheless, I think that studies ... |
298_LTVY3017.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
Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good - this is an opinion that is shared by many people nowadays, at least in Lithuania. Nowadays the feminist movement in the world carries different connotations compared to what was when a ... |
299_LTVY3018.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Is everyone really equal?
Financial compensation should be an element paid for efforts and abilities to produce as much as one can. In my opinion, a man/woman's financial reward should be commensurate with their contribution to the society they live in. The compensation one receives should be appropriate with... |
300_LTVY4001.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and they do not prepare students for the real world
The aim of this essay is to describe what kind of problems could cause the lack of practice in university. These days students can get lot of theoretical material through the lectures in university, also they have possi... |
301_LTVY4024.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Money is the root of all evil
Nowadays it seems that money is the most important thing in peoples' lives. The world became very materialistic, people seem to live to make and spend money. Madonna once said - "We are living in a material world and I am a material girl" and this truly reflects our society. Money... |
302_LTVY5017.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Is everyone really equal?
Constitution of our country states that all men are equal and if they break the law they have to take responsibility for their actions. Unfortunately, the real life is a bit different. You can always find a loophole in our legal system and remain unpunished. Also money and "the right ... |
303_LTVY5020.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 once said that religion was opium for the masses. If he was alive at the end of the 20th century, he would replace religion with television. And by sayi... |
304_LTVY5022.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
Television is a never-ending source of different information. Through the TV set screen we are reached by different local news or worldwide news about the cu... |
305_LTVY5024.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Money is the root of all evil
In the words of the old song "Money is the root of evil" the reality of today's world is revealed. As we can see from the contemporary situation there is a big difference between people who are wealthy and those who exist below the poverty line. The question is, what is better, to... |
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