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Writing 3: School in the future should be run by robots or teachers?

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Topic: Some people say that schools in the future will be run by robots and teachers will not be necessary while others say that human teachers are irreplaceable.  Discuss and give your own view. Technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in the world today. With the growth of artificial intelligence and the plethora of resources available via apps and websites, teachers are no longer considered the experts. However, many are of the view that human teachers still play an indispensable role in education. This essay will discuss both views In the first place, having robots teach instead of teachers will not only allow society to use more people for some other works that only humans can do but also provide more accurate and up-to-date education to the students. As a matter of fact, a robot is undeniably a storage of information gathered all around the world from the past up to the current time. Thus, when students have any questions, the robotic teacher would be able to reply or ...

Vocabulary: Why Do Americans Vote on a Tuesday?

Source: https://people.howstuffworks.com/election-day-tuesday--holiday-weekend-voting.htm   Why Do Americans Vote on a Tuesday? In 2016, the United States   ranked 26th   in the world in voter participation, with  only  56 percent of eligible voters casting ballots in the 2016 presidential election.  That's better than the 2012 election's participation rate of 53.6 percent but  embarrassingly low participation compared to Sweden's 87 percent participation  rate, and barely above the voting rate in former Soviet republics such as Slovenia,  which don't have a centuries-old tradition of democracy. Even though 2020 is shaping up to be a year of higher-than-normal voter turnout in the U.S.,  experts are predicting about 65 percent  turnout, certainly nothing like 80 percent. So what's up with that?  What motivates people to either vote or abstain from doing so ?  Some simply don't like the candidates running in a g...