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Issue Task- Technology, while apparently aimed to simplify our lives, only makes our lives more complicated. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position. My answer- Technology is a crucial part of our lives. I strongly oppose the notion that technology makes our lives more complicated. Technology has simplified our lives in many ways. Technology takes up a large part of our lives and is now considered a crucial part of our lives. From the people who are physically disabled, who are assisted in life with technology, to the budding generation of our homo sapien world are assisted in minor or major parts in life. The great physicist Stephen Hawkings given a time of just 3 years to live by the doctors after the detection of a very rare disease known as 'motor neuron disease' which disables the voice of the person and practically making the patient paralyzed permanently, is still alive. Stephen Hawking who now talks with a robotic voice with the help of a computer is a great example how technology is helping people in impossible ways globally. Technology is a very important part of the developement of the human race. Internet a part of the technology developed in the 20th century is now a teacher to many students all around the globe and specially to the poor countries where education is lagging behind drastically. Technology fills in all the gaps of people and gives people, from students to teachers to old people and practically everyone, an exposure and oppurtunity to the entire world. We are even able to explore many realms of the outer world and may very soon bump into other developed human like species of the universe. Like every coin has two sides, technology can be blamed for many ill habbits of people. People are misusing the internet and making internet a wasteful habbit instead of a helping hand. Technology is also detoriating our health in ways like it is disturbing our natural sleep pattern. Sticking to mobile phone late night is causing some serious health issues. But i would conclude that technology is more like a tool for the people, a tool which can be used in a positive way or negative way. Though technology is often seen to be used as a helping hand it is a crucial part of our lives. Argument Task question- SuperCorp recently moved its headquarters to Corporateville. The recent surge in the number of homeowners in Corporateville proves that Corporateville is a superior place to live than Middlesburg, the home of SuperCorp's current headquarters. Moreover, Middleburg is a predominately urban area and according to an employee survey, SuperCorp has determined that its workers prefer to live in an area that is not urban. Finally, Corporateville has lower taxes than Middlesburg, making it not only a safer place to work but also a cheaper one. Therefore, Supercorp clearly made the best decision. Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on the assumptions and what the implications are if the assumptions prove unwarranted. My answer- The recent surge in the number of homeowners in Corporateville cannot solely prove that Corporateville is a superior place to live in than Middlesburg. I strongly oppose the crux of this argument which i have explained further. Evidently, the argument has referred to the employee survey which determines that its workers prefer to live in an area that is not urban, though no strong proof is provided stating why they donot prefer to live in urban area. Maybe it is because of the crime rate exploding in Middlesburg that the employees prefer to stay in a less urban area where crime rates are less and are considered relatively safer places. SuperCorp being moved to Corporateville can not be considered a substantial decision based on a employee survey. However, the survey can be biased if results of the survey are due to the booming inflation in Middlesburg which are forcing residents to consider different choices of place of living. In this case some other fully developed urban area which shows less of inflation and crime rates can be considered and not only Corporateville. Also, the argument states that Corporateville has lower taxes than Middlesburg making it cheaper which could be considered true but being a predominantly urban area and not fully urban can affect the availibility of daily house hold and consumption products which in turn can affect the prices of the less available products to rise high. The argument is flawed severly to count the fact that Corporateville owning more number of homeowners is a superior place than Middlesburg. It could be the geological area difference that Corporateville is bigger in size than Middlesburg and thus enabling Corporateville to hold on to more number of homeowners. Another explanation to this flawed assumption can be that population is exploding in Corporateville due to uneducated population which are unaware of hazards of dramatic population growth. The argument could have been warranted if a proper survey was conducted asking the reasons why most of the employees do not want to live in urban areas and also a detailed accumulation of facts about Corporateville as to why Corporateville is choosen as the headquaters of SuperCorp. Though this argument is flawed at many stages.

I'm current in the last year of my Bachelors in physics and am preparing for GRE as well to apply in universities mainly in UK. The question is while reviewing my application what things or exams other than GRE will be helpful to stand out of the crowd. Will any other exam like SAT, TOEFL or IELTS be of any help? i am also confused as to how to hunt for universities or make my list of universities to apply to? Imperial college of London is one college i keenly want to get admitted to. What are the things i should keep in mind before applying to good universities? Thanks for your response