Writing Feedback / IELTS: Old building must be protected by law, not knocked down. [7]

Many old buildings protected by law are part of a nation's history. Some people think they should be knocked down and replaced by news ones. How important is it to maintain old buildings? Should history stand in the way of progress?

Many people have opinion that old buildings must be protected by law because have many histories. However, some people think, the building must be changed with new buildings. I think both of them have different benefit for our life. I will give reasons about my statement in the following paragraphs.

As we know, the old buildings usually have many histories, and then people can learn more knowledge from this building. Especially, for students, they are studying about history of Mohammad Hatta who is proclaimer independence of Indonesia in the school, but they did not know real about the story. So, they can go to the house of Mohammad Hatta. In addition, the old buildings give many benefits for government because more tourists visited this building.

In the other side, we can find several buildings get renovation but keep maintaining the original character of the build and being used for modern purposes. For instance, Jam Gadang which is landmark of Bukittinggi City in West Sumatera, Indonesia. It is a different building which exists only in the town of Bukittinggi. The obelisk shaped building with a height of 26 meters which has four hours on the four sides of the top. The building was built in 1826 as a gift from the Queen of the Netherlands. So until now, many tourists who is visiting the building not only come from local tourists, but also people emanate from foreign tourists.

To summary, governments should keep the buildings so not need to knock down the buildings. As it is mentioned before, those buildings reflect the history of the nation. Replacing those buildings with new ones may be a temporary solution for inhabitants but will certainly be the loss of a part of history permanently. I think, it is very important to protect and conserve old buildings because we can learn about our history from the buildings.

Writing Feedback / IELTS Task 2: The aim of university education is to help graduates. [3]

Some people believe the aim of university education is to help graduates get better jobs. Others believe there are much wider benefits of university education for both individuals and society. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Education in university makes many people that being confident to get better jobs for graduates. However, some people think there is more benefit when people study in university. The benefits are not only for graduate getting jobs, but also for personal life and society in much broader way. I will give reasons about my statement in the following paragraphs.

On the first side, it is true that people continue they study in university for getting good jobs. As we know, nowadays, many companies open recruitment for people who have good qualification about themselves. Usually, graduates from popular university get more interest from companies than people come from other university. University will provide better opportunity for students to be employed in the quality company. Therefore, the graduation certificate of the university would be students' qualification for being thoroughly prepared to improve their future career prospects and life also.

On the other side, there are other benefits for individuals and society. They can get more knowledge which they cannot find in outside university. It helps student to become independent when they graduates from university because they have better social skills. They can open new work alone such as building a course. This example clearly that graduates have more self confidence when they study in university.

To conclude, my own view of this is I believe that although a main aim of university education is to get the best job. Moreover, if we believe about our capability, we can give more benefits for individuals and society.