Writing Feedback / A lot of cultures worldwide obligate married women to stay at home to look after the children [3]

Married woman should give up their jobs to look after their children. What are your views on this.

Woman has always been portrayed in almost every culture worldwide as a warm and loving individual whose most sacred duty is to look after her children. As such, a lot of cultures worldwide obligate married women to stay at home to look after the children, even if they have to give up their jobs. In my opinion, married women should not give up their jobs for three important reasons.

Firstly, a working wife will give the family more financial security and flexibility. If both the husband and wife in a family work, the family will not be completely reliant on the husband to cover the family's expenses. This is especially true in big cities such as Singapore and Jakarta, where living cost have skyrocketed in the last decade. Having two sources of income in a family will give the family financial flexibility that would otherwise be almost impossible to attain. This financial flexibility will open up more opportunities for the children to explore and develop their talent. For example, with two income earners in the family, a middle income family will be able to afford piano courses for their children, which is unlikely to attain in a family with single income .

Secondly, forcing married women to give up their jobs means underutilizing these women's creativity and intelligence. Some argued that women's creativity and intelligence can be applied to raise their children well. but I believe confining them to such a domestic affair means wasting millions of talented individuals who can have greater impact on the society. Marie Curie, Helen Keller, and Margaret Thatcher are just a few examples of women who had given a great impact on the world through their brilliant minds.

However, people who argue that married women should give up their jobs to look after their children are not without their reasons. They argue that, without full-time accompaniment from their mothers, the children's psychology may not be well developed. They also argue that children that do not find full time accompany from their mothers may be felt abundant, and be saperated from the family, because they are not in close contact with both of their parents when growing up.

In conclusion, it is obvious that married women should not give up their jobs to look after their children. It is because a working wife will give the family more financial security and flexibility and forcing women to give up their jobs means underutilizing these women's creativity and intelligence.

Writing Feedback / Should the development of alternative sources of energy be continued ? Support your view [3]

Energy source such as solar power, wind power, and wave power have been criticized ineffective and expensive to implement, compared with fossil fuels such as coal and oil. Should the development of these alternative sources of energy be continued ? Support your view.

Alternative sources of energy has been a topic of great interest in the world today. It has been researched and developed intensively since the Tokyo Convention. However, some has argued that alternative energy sources, such as solar power, wind power, and wave power are relatively ineffective and expensive to implement. In my opinion, the development of these alternative sources of energy should be continued for three important reasons.

Firstly, development of those alternative sources of energy would make available substitutes for fossil fuels. This is critical, because fossil fuels reserves are diminishing around the world. For example, researchers have warned that the world oil reserve is expected to completely drain up in the next century. If oil reserve completely drain up, we would face a humanitarian tragedy on a global scale. Worldwide transportation would be grinded to a total halt. The production of medical equipments, especially syringes, would also stopped because on of it's main material is oil. Therefore, it is important to continue the development of alternative energy sources.

Secondly, development of alternative sources of energy will eventually make available alternative energy sources that are effective and inexpensive to implement. For example, the development of wind power has made available a relatively inexpensive energy source of energy for regions with strong winds, such as the city of Aulendorf in Germany. Wind power supplied 40% of electricity there, making it less reliant on coal that is previously the city's main energy source. Because of the vanity of alternative energy sources being developed today, each city can choose the alternative energy source that suits them best. Hence, it is important to continue the development of alternative energy sources.

Thirdly, development of alternative energy sources will make available more environmentally friendly energy sources. This is important because fossil fuel usage is mostly harmful to the environment. For example, the use of oil as fuel in vehicles worldwide is the greatest source of air pollution today. Alternative source of fuel, such as those made from corn or algae, emits much less CO2 and CO gas to the environment, thus can potentially make the world's air less polluted, if developed and implemented properly. Therefore, the world should not abandon the development of alternative energy sources.

In conclusion, the development of alternative energy sources, should be continued. It is because it will make available substitutes for fossil fuels, it will eventually make available alternative energy sources that are effective and inexpensive to implement, and it will make available more environmentally friendly energy sources. Governments, corporations and international organisations would do well to support this cause.