Writing Feedback / IELTS - Compulsory military service for men and women [8]

Topic: Many countries have compulsory military service for men after they leave school. I would be a good idea for all countries to adopt this system for men and possibly women.

In most countries the military service is obligatory for young people after finishing school. Some people think that it is a good system and should be adopted by all countries. I don't agree with this view because I believe that unless there is no any danger of war this system can cause many negative effects on both society and state budget.

On the one hand, I accept that military service has positive effects on people like teaching them to be strong and survive in danger situations. Also it makes people more accurately and disciplined as well as physically stronger and healthier. Soldiers, for example, are mcore likely to be accurate, shaved and not dirty, while in our society there are many people who don't care about it.

At the same time, I strongly believe people don't need to attend to army for reaching these positive points. Everybody can develop these good habits by themselves. Moreover, I think forcing young people to take military service is not a good idea for countries which are not in a war situation or in danger zones like the Middle East. Furthermore, it could results in problem in society not only because of government want their children to serve in the army but also because of increasing public expenditures. To maintain army is not easy and it costs much money. Since the state budget has to cover these expenses the tax payers can argue that having bigger arm than that they do is useless and they don't want their money to be spent in this way. It is possible that the most of them will consider it nothing more than wasting of money.

In conclusion, I agree that countries have to have compulsory military service but these are those countries which are in danger of war.

Writing Feedback / In democracy the media can be controlled in terms of avoiding misrepresentation of information [6]

Topic: Whoever controls the media also controls opinions and attitudes of the people and there is little can be done to rectify this.
Task: To what extend do you agree or disagree?

Essay:
It is suggested that, whoever controls the media manipulates with options and decisions of the people and it is very hard to change this. I agree with this because I believe the main purpose of media is influencing people thought in profitable way for some instance like government or other political organizations.

On the one hand, I accept that regulation authorities can be established in order to control information flow and restrict distorted information which can influence people on behalf of one's benefit. In many countries, for example, there is an organization which does this work and can penalize TV channels for their misbehave. Existence of such kind of organization is expected to keep back information presenters from giving wrong information or trying to influence people decisions.

At the same time, I believe that in most countries, particularly in those where democracy is only artificial the media is one of important items to manipulate with people for the sake of government's benefits. So, as it is a case even having some control organizations can't restrict the misrepresentation of information. For example, in Russian TV news you often can see the information related to government interests is distorted. Another example of controlling of crowd via media can be Turkey. The Turkish government successfully uses the media to keep people busy in simple issues giving not much time them to participate in political life of country.

To sum up, it is true that the media can be controlled in terms of avoiding misrepresentation of information, but in my opinion it is possible only developed countries where the democracy is highly valued.