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Free reading marathon on my channel?
One passage per day with full explanation of each question and its answer?

Being able to look at a piece of writing and say "Damn, this is beautiful" is a pretty good sign that your reading level is high

The pie chart shows four locations where dance classes are offered, and the bar graph gives data on three types of dances practiced by those in two age categories.

Overall, private studios are the most popular venues for dance classes, whilst those set up in colleges are the least-attended. It is also noticeable that ballet is the most widely practiced form of dance by those under 11, whereas the greatest number of 11-16s have signed up for modern dance classes.

Regarding the locations where dance practices are held, private studios attract almost half of all dance enthusiasts, which is twice as high as the figure for school-based studios. Dance classes offered inside community halls and other similar places are attended by a little smaller percentage of the young—18%, and only one in ten of them usually join dance practices organized in college-based studios.

As far as participation in various forms of dances is concerned, ballet is attended by 600 youngsters under 11, making it the most popular dance among them, although this dance form courts the least interest from those between 11 and 16. Interestingly, the exact reversal of this pattern can be seen in attendance in modern dance, as it attracts the greatest number of 11-16s (roughly 520) and the smallest number of under 11s (300). In contrast, a similar number of youngsters from both age groups—400 individuals—practice tap dance.

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Why is this happening TO me ? --> Why is this happening FOR me?

The quality of your questions determines the quality of your life

Whether competition is better than cooperation in our professional, school and personal lives is a complex question, and therefore causes disagreements among people. Personally, a cooperative environment has a far more profound impact on many aspects of our lives than rivalry.

Admittedly, competition can certainly have a positive effect in some ways. In the workplace, for instance, colleagues competing for a promotion or performance bonus often feel motivated to improve their skills or acquire new ones, and come up with more creative and efficient ways of carrying out their duties. As a result, their overall productivity tends to increase. The same can apply to schools, where a healthy amount of competition can push students to learn better, going beyond their school textbooks so that they can outperform their peers in exams. Finally, our personal lives can also improve because of competition. Friendly rivalry among family members in areas of sport and fitness is common. This can lead to a win-win situation, in which both “winners” and “losers” can benefits by developing a healthier physique.

However, cooperation seems to bring about far more noticeable advantages than competition. Competition, especially when poorly managed, can easily create tension and hostility among individuals. This in the long run can prove harmful to both personal relationships in personal lives and to productivity in workplace and schools. How can an environment where people silently hate each other foster motivation and productivity? In contrast, working cooperatively can allow for greater efficiency among employees by leveraging the individual talents and skills of each staff member. Moreover, collaboration in any aspect of our lives can contribute to a better sense of belonging, thereby creating new or strengthening existing bonds among people. After all, as social creatures, we find happiness in quality relationships rather than in material possessions or promotions.

In conclusion, although competition, in moderation, can be beneficial, it can inexorably lead to undesirable outcomes such as creation of a toxic workplace or classroom. Therefore, collaboration needs to be encouraged to achieve both greater efficiency, and a higher quality of life in general.

Written in around 30 minutes while multitasking like crazy.

The line graph provides data on the level of participation in five different activities at a social club located in Melbourne, Australia over a timeframe between 2000 and 2020.

Overall, the number of participants attending the film club – the most popular activity over the period—and martial arts club remained fairly steady, while the other clubs witnessed erratic changes in their participation. It is also worth mentioning that the interest in table tennis saw the most rapid rise as opposed to amateur dramatics, which became the only club that lost its appeal for the public during the period in question.

The patterns for the film club and martial arts were quite similar. Starting the period with about 65 members, the film club lost about 5 members till 2000, although attendance then recovered reaching almost 70 in 2020. By comparison, the figure for martial arts fluctuated a little more markedly. Throughout this 20-year interval of time, it fluctuated between 30 and 40 members, and finished the period at the same number of attendees seen at the beginning of it.

In contrast, participation in both table tennis and musical performances increased dramatically. Regarding the table tennis club, it attracted around 18 members in 2000. This subsequently rose gradually until 2010, and then surged in the second half of the period eventually peaking at approximately 55 in 2020. As for musical performances, it was the only club with no members until after 2005; however, the membership then went up in a stable fashion to nearly 20 in 2020.

The only club to see a fall in the number of its members was amateur dramatics. Although the level of participation initially rose by about 5 members, from around 25 to just below 30 in the first five years, it then plummeted to merely 8 in 2020. This made amateur dramatics the least popular activity in that year.

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Well, this was not really written by a student, but they are also getting pretty darn good at writing high-level essays

Would you believe me if I told you this was written by a student of mine?

Scientists believe the computers will be more intelligent than human beings. Some people think that it has more benefits, while others believe this is a negative development.

Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Given the rapid advancements in the area of technology, it is now highly like that computers will exceed humans in terms of intelligence in the near future. While this can bring about certain improvements to our lives, it may, for the most part, be a cause for concern.

On the one hand, it is difficult to reject some of the obvious benefits of highly intelligent computers. Such supercomputers, being smarter than us, can help us solve issues we have been long struggling. Income inequality, for instance, is one of the issues that result from some of the qualities that make us human such as greed. Since no human is free of such inherent acquisitiveness, it is virtually unfeasible to expect the solution to come from us. This is where computers can shine, and offer fresh perspectives we are often unable to see. Nevertheless, although the list of such problems is rather long, the effectiveness of the solutions computers can come up with is yet to be seen. There is even a chance that they could be no more workable than our own approach to those problems.

On the other hand, the existence of computers that outsmart humans can take a heavy on tall on some aspects of our lives. First, automation might prevail since many employers might start preferring these machines over human employees. If computers can produce far better results than humans far faster and at a fraction of the labour cost, then such a choice by job-givers can be totally expected. As a result, large-scale joblessness can become a real possibility. A more serious issue could be our over-reliance on computers. Once we start to feel that computers are indeed more intellectually capable than us, we may start relying on them on any task that may require even the slightest of mental concentration. Consequently, we can gradually lose our faculty of thought even to the point where we become the thoughtless “robots” ourselves.

All told, while it is certainly satisfying to fantasize about a world in which computers are solving all of our problems, we should not forget that once they become smarter than us, they might start making us redundant in many areas of our lives.

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