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Today you are going to write a persuasive text, often called an exposition.
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Please note that this sample has not been written under test conditions. During a test you might not have the time
to produce such a polished piece of writing. However, this sample gives you a standard to aim for.
Schools should not be given pupil-free days. Teachers with long holidays can do their
planning during the holidays. They have enough holidays! Pupil-free days cause
unwanted extra work, cost and inconvenience for the students families, and are
boring for the students. The school days should be used to everyones advantage,
especially the students.
Pupil-free days can be costly. Parents with young children have to get a babysitter.
Many families have both parents working. One parent will take a holiday for the two
weeks of school holidays but that usually leaves the extra day at the end. Special
arrangements and payments have to be made.
Pupil-free days are wasted days for students wanting to complete their education.
Pupils have to hang around waiting for school to begin. Many students are already
bored with holidays. They havent gone away because their parents still have to work.
Some students hang around and get involved in anti-social behaviour. Pupils should
be in school, not roaming the streets like feral animals.
Surely teachers get enough holidays each year. There are at least ten weeks of holidays
for teachers. Ten weeks is more than most other workers get. If teachers have to prepare
work all together, why cant they do it on a day when the pupils are on holidays?
Firstly, why should schools be closed and teachers get extra holidays to prepare their
work? You dont see police stations closed down so that police officers can prepare
for future crimes. Nowhere else allows a whole building to shut down for a day so
that workers can prepare for their work.
Schools are permitted to have several pupil-free days each year. These are usually
tacked onto end-of-term school holidays. They are free time for teachers to prepare
school work. Should teachers have these extra days at school without pupils?
I dont think so!