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in community services is a good idea to minimise the physical gap between
people as it equips them with valuable life skills.
As we know, life skills are very important to a person as they develop
social, interpersonal, intellectual and emotional skills. A person learns the way
people communicate, negotiate, and cooperate to solve a common problem in
their community. Therefore, if a person is sent to a community for services,
he/she learns practical ways of dealing with social problems and their
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consequences. In addition, critical thinking and self-evaluation skills can also
be developed. Furthermore, working in the community helps people to develop
good social skills.
Nowadays, school graduates are spending their afterschool time watching
television, playing video games, browsing the Internet, chatting on facebook, etc.
The lack of productive activities might create social problems. Providing young
people with compulsory voluntary works as their afterschool programme, on the
one hand, engages teenagers and, on the other hand, minimises the possibility of
suffering from drug abuse. It also strengthens their social relationships.

Ability to establish strong social relationships also increases their employability
as they learn soft skills that are compulsory for any person to work in a team.
Working in a community voluntarily not only strengthens their CV but also
teaches them that it is not easy to make money. This leads them to think twice
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before spending their money. Thus, they learn to save money from such works.
In conclusion, I think compulsory voluntary community works after school
education not only helps the individual student for his/her all-round development
but also supports every community by producing employable and charitable
human resources. Therefore, I would like to suggest the concerned authority to
put such programmes into action as soon as possible.
Questions

a. How many paragraphs are there?
b. What is the ¿ rst paragraph about?
c. Point out the main idea of the text.
d. What does the writer suggest at the end?
e. Make a list of logical connectors like likewise, therefore, etc.
f. Supply a suitable title for the essay.

B. Time for writing
Some people believe that students should be given a large amount of home
work so that they can learn independently. Others disagree and think that
they should be engaged in social activities rather than school work at home.
To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer,
and include any relevant examples from your own experiences.
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