TASK (Working Children)

Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with bno specialist knowledge of the following topic:

In many countries children are engaged in some kind of paid work. Some people regard this as completely wrong, while others consider it as valuable work experience, important for learning and taking responsibility.

What are your opinions on this?

You should read some articles about the issue, then you should use your own ideas, knowledge and support your writing with examples and relevant evidence. Please write no more than 3 short paragraphs.

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Jakarta..

Jakarta is the capital and the largest city of Indonesia. It is located on the northwest coast of the island of Java. It covers an area of 661.5 kilometers square which inhabited by over 8 million people. it has been developed for more than 490 years and is the ninth most densely populated city. Jakarta also is the third polluted city in the world.

Jakarta is the city of every people's dream, it attracts many new residents looking for job, education, and a big change in their life.
that's why it has developed into a well known international city. besides, Jakarta is the center of almost every activity in Indonesia such as political center, education center, economic and business activity center, etc.
As the economic and political center of Indonesia, Jakarta attracts many domestic and foreign immigrants.
Many of the immigrants come from the other parts of Java.
That's why Jakarta has a mixture culture and a cosmopolitan flavor. The Betawi is a group of people living around Batavia from the 18th century. The Betawi people are mostly descended from various Southeast Asian ethnic groups brought or attracted to Batavia to meet labor needs, and include people from various parts of Indonesia.
The language and culture of these immigrants are distinct from those of the Sundanese or Javanese. There has also been a Chinese community in Jakarta for centuries.
The concentration of wealth and political influence in the city caused much more noticeable foreign influence on its landscape and culture, for example this effect illustrated by the presence of many major international fast-food chains.

Like many big cities in developing countries, Jakarta suffers from major urbanization problems. The rapid population growth has outgrown the government's ability to provide basic needs for its residents. One of them is government's inability to provide adequate transportation for its large population.
Because of this, Jakarta also suffers from severe traffic jams that occur almost every day especially in the morning and the evening. Air pollution and garbage management is also a severe problem.
And during the wet season, Jakarta suffers from flooding due to clogged sewage pipes and waterways.Deforestation due to rapid urbanization on the highland areas south of Jakarta near Bogor and Depok has also contributed to the floods.
Jakarta also getting hotter and hotter every day because of global warming. But no matter how much it may changed i will always like my home town, Jakarta.
Your paragraphs need real example and who are your target readers?

Beautiful Bangka

Bangka, which covers an area of about 11,69 kilometers square, has many interesting places to visit. This is because of it's geographical position. This island is made of swamps, plains, hills, and peaks covered by thick forest, also by mangrove area. Bangka's specialty is its smooth sandy white beaches sprinkled with granite.

Let see some nature site in Bangka Island first. The most well known beach in Bangka is Matras. It is located on Sinar Baru village, Sungailiat Subdistrict, beside the eastern sea of Bangka island. This beach is very beautiful. The sand is white and soft. The length of this beach reaches 3 kilometers with width 20-30 meters. In the background, there are coconut trees and a river, that's why its called 'Heaven Beach'. The other well known beaches are Parai Tenggiri, Tanjung Pesona, Batu Bedaun, Tikus & Layang, Rebo, Teluk Uber, Romodong, Penyusuk, and Air Anyer.

Bangka has many interesting historical sites too. the famous one is Monument Otto Toorop 1864. This monument is a witness on Hollanders who have been a service to the development and utilization of human resources and natural resources to manage lead mining in Bangka Island on 1879. Other famous historical sites are Depati Bahrin Grave, Belanda Srimenanti Graveyard, Kapur City Site, and Pahlawan 12 Burial Plot.

Bangka is an intersting place, don't you think so? If you haven't been there, why don't you plan to go there on your next vacation? I'm sure you won't regret it. So if you plan to visit Bangka, just let me know so I can tell you more about the interesting places in Bangka which I haven't mention in this passage.


Thanks for posting. Your paragraphs are clear enough.

My Feeling about My Hometown

I want to tell you about my hometown where I lived before I temporarily moved to Bandung for study. My hometown is Bekasi and honestly I don’t really enjoyed lived there.

To tell you, my first impression of this city fourten years ago is hot. Hot, hot, hot, until I cannot take it anymore because of its dryness. Theren’t or seldom trees which cover the ray of sunlight in the afternoon like Bandung did. And this town is totally crowded for its vehicle that make some traffic on some places everytime, especially in the morning.

I was thinking about it that maybe those matters are happened because of the location of Bekasi which beside the capital city, Jakarta, same like Tangerang and Bogor. So, many people who works in Jakarta have their home on Bekasi which accessible to Jakarta and not too far from central bussines in Jakarta, like Kuningan, Semanggi, and Sudirman. And maybe their main reason to have their home at Bekasi is Jakarta is too crowded too for housing so there are seldom of green area which can handle the heat of sun. that situation makes many property agent suddenly open some areas to make many houses which vanished many green areas in Bekasi

To be honest, I shouldn’t have any right to straightly judge my hometown, Bekasi, because I have lived there for fourteen years after I moved on with my family from Cilacap with the same reason like other people did. I can’t convinced my parents to move from Bekasi because I realized that buying house in Jakarta is so expensive, especially like our family who just moved from remote area, Cilacap. So, now I have already put up my heart to live in Bekasi although I rather disappointed of my parents choice.

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