An opinion essay

An opinion essay

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Information will soon be so easy to find on the internet that people will not need to remember anything. Do you agree?

Nowadays all the information we could ever need is available online and some people say that means the end of having to learn anything.

It is true that these days everything you want to know is a few clicks away as long as you have internet access. However, not everyone has working internet all the time, for example in certain buildings or remote locations, so we do need to be able to remember information. Moreover, it takes time to look up everything you need to know online, whereas remembering something is immediate. The human memory is a much more efficient system.

Another problem is the quality of the information online. How do we know if it is accurate or reliable? We need to think about other facts we know and remember how to compare information from different websites. Knowing (and remembering) how to find certain information will be more important than knowing the information itself.

Finally, the internet is a good tool but it is not a useful replacement for our brains. If we did not remember anything, we would all spend even more time on our phones and computers than we already do, which is not good for society.

In conclusion, the internet offers us many things but it is still important to use our knowledge and memories. We need our memories to function without the internet and we also need to know how to use the internet properly.

Tips

  1. Read the question carefully. Respond to all ideas in it or all parts of it.
  2. Plan your ideas first and then choose the best ones.
  3. Introduce your essay by restating the question in your own words.
  4. Show understanding of both sides of the argument.
  5. Use linking words to connect your ideas.
  6. Draw your conclusion from the main ideas in your essay. Don't introduce new ideas at the end.

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Submitted by syaaaaaah on Tue, 23/06/2026 - 07:57

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From my point of view, it would be really worse if we never learned anything and just used the internet instead. I say this because internet is just a platform that us use to gain information and knowledge, not to depends on them 100%. moreover, what you search on internet or telling an ai to do something would not always accurate and you don’t gain anything by that. In conclusion, use internet wisely not to depends on them all the way.

Submitted by darrww on Tue, 23/06/2026 - 07:40

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In my opinion, it would be worse if we never learned anything and only relied on the internet. Although the internet allows us to find information quickly, it should not replace learning. We still need knowledge and understanding because the internet cannot do all the thinking for us.

Firstly, if people depend entirely on the internet, they may stop putting effort into learning new things. Whenever they have a question, they can simply search for the answer online instead of trying to understand it themselves. As a result, important skills such as critical thinking and problem solving may become weaker over time.

Other than that, not everything on the internet is true. There is a lot of misinformation and fake news that can easily mislead people. If we do not learn how to evaluate information properly, we may end up believing false information. This shows why learning is still important even when information is easily available online.

Finally, the internet is not always accessible. There may be times when there is no internet connection or when technical problems occur. In these situations, having our own knowledge becomes very important. We cannot rely on the internet all the time, especially when we need to make quick decisions.

In conclusion, although the internet is a useful source of information, it should be used as a tool to support learning rather than replace it. Therefore, I believe it would be worse if we never learned anything and only relied on the internet.

Submitted by Safe_Mode on Fri, 16/01/2026 - 05:59

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First of all, it's just imposible always rely on the inrternet. Everything is mentioned at the topic.
Moreover, we've got AI tools like ChatGPT now. It's powerfull tool which can help to find, learn adn use the information, however, it creates another problems. Young people think they can do every work using such tools not diving deep into the subject, it causes a lot of problems for buisenesess starting from hiring employees ending to missed deadlines.
However, we could do things faster using right approach, so, finally, I think everything will be fine)

Submitted by Tabatha_Zarza on Fri, 09/01/2026 - 20:45

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“Some people argue that working from home should become the standard for most jobs, while others believe that going to the office is still essential.
 Do you agree or disagree?”

Recently, there has been a growing discussion about what is the best standard for most jobs, whether remote or face-to-face work.

In my opinion, an organization should implement a hybrid system that allows employees to interact in person for some activities and participate in virtual team-building activities.

One of the main reasons why I believe this is that employees need to integrate, engage, and build strong relationships that benefit companies to solidify their values and culture. Moreover, building strong relationships between employees may help them to prevent some difficulties, such as the lack of satisfaction, feelings of isolation, the lack of communication, etc. The morale of the employees is crucial for business continuity.

On the other hand, working from home without setting up clear boundaries and values would be counterproductive for companies, as the line between work and leisure time could become blurred. As a consequence, the motivation and team spirit could decrease.

Another important point to consider is that many employees have benefited from remote work over going to the office in different ways. For instance, employees have gained flexibility, saved money and time by avoiding long commuting, have the flexibility of eating at home, and have remained free from office distractions. However, some employees have found difficulties in managing their time, which affects their productivity.

In conclusion, both face-to-face and remote work are necessary to contribute to developing and growing companies by helping employees boost motivation, supporting morale, and protecting their work-life balance in order to achieve long-term relationships and success.

Submitted by melismes on Mon, 05/01/2026 - 06:15

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Nowadays we can find everything from internet easily. When I was a child I used to go library to find information about my home works or essays. However many of  younger people and children of society have never gone to library in their lives. We can connect to the internet wherever we are and we can find the information on it. On the other hand we dont use it only get more information we also use it for the social media which includes lots of videos all over the wold so we usually scroll our telephones screen. It's getting more challenging to communicate with other people when we are in public. Whereas some of the informations are not accurate on the internet. Especially on social media. There are lots of ai videos that not contain true infos. 

In conclusion we can use the internet in our social life or our work places but we should try to learn information and not beliave all the things we see on the internet. We should use the internet for a tool not as a part of our main lives.

Submitted by RitaFerreira on Tue, 04/11/2025 - 22:19

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I think the internet is good and, nowadays, essential.
Today, it’s not possible to live without it.
It makes globalisation possible and supports it, which has transformed all our lives.
Can you imagine a world without MB Way?
In 2019, I did volunteer work in Brazil, in a small village called Caraíva.
Caraíva doesn’t have cars or streets, all the paths are made of sand.
That was where I became aware of the impact the internet has on our daily lives.
Money! How could we pay without cash or an ATM?
Yes, we could, but it was difficult.
The internet is more than fake news or overload. It represents evolution, and evolution is good.

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Submitted by Olouwatobi on Tue, 04/11/2025 - 07:49

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With the advancement of new technologies today, the Internet can provide answers to any kind of question in no time. If it is true that its importance in human daily life cannot be denied, it is equally true that the Internet has many side effects that we must not overlook.

First of all, not all information on the Internet is reliable. The Internet gives anyone the possibility to post any type of information. That means people can share both true and false information. Relying 100% on this can lead to irreparable damage.

Secondly, replacing our brain with the Internet can cause human beings to become dependent and unable to think or act whenever the Internet is unavailable. Let's imagine ourselves on an unknown island where the Internet is not accessible. How can we survive and escape the island with an empty brain? Of course, it is impossible to learn everything; however, never learning anything and relying on the Internet can be catastrophic.

Finally, the Internet cannot teach everything. There are practical things that need to be learned with a person. For example, we cannot learn how to ride a horse or drive a car on the Internet. Using the Internet for that purpose can be inefficient and fruitless.

To sum up, the Internet can help human beings in many ways, but it can never replace the brain.

Submitted by Marceline2001 on Thu, 03/07/2025 - 14:48

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Nowadays, we can know almost everything from the internet with just one click or by giving command prompts to your AI assistant, which will answer you like a personal teacher — without judging, even for nonsense questions.

But the downside of this easy availability is that it decreases our ability to memorize things and rely solidly on our brains. For example, when we see a post about healthy diet tips on Facebook, we read it for a little while and then click the save icon to read it later or whenever we want. The information doesn’t really get into our memory; it just stays in our Facebook saved list.

We should also think about what-if questions. What if the internet breaks down or shuts down for some reason — where would you find those tips to survive if you didn’t memorize or learn them the first time you saw the information?

Despite these negative aspects, the internet is truly a good place to learn. Even when it’s just for information, we can take notes, which is also considered passive learning. By doing that, we also improve our ability to remember the information we’ve absorbed.

Finally, everything has pros and cons, not just the internet. The downside is that it reduces our ability to memorize; the upside is that we can access and learn almost anything.

To sum up, if we use the internet wisely, considering both its possibilities and potential risks, we will experience more positive impacts than negative ones.

Submitted by thaynaaraujo48 on Thu, 03/07/2025 - 03:59

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In my opinion, it would be a regression having to always depend on the Internet to a such basic human thing that is remembering facts. Staying updated through cellphone or social media is a natural habit in our time, even old people do that, however it is really relevant that we tend to access informations in order to learn and keep them in our memories. To practice this kind of behavior on the internet is necessary to familiarize our brain with learning instead of letting Internet to do everything for us. All we want to perfect in our life needs training, so it is with our brain, it needs repetititon until that behavior comes to fruition.

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Submitted by JayChi on Sun, 27/04/2025 - 04:57

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Learning through online is becoming popular in these digital days. Even though there are a lot of benefits of searching information through online, there may be some issues on the other side. Getting along with internet is really suitable thing in this world to find the enormous things that we want to know. However, there are some problems that need to deal with internet access.

First of all, being fully dependent on online to search everything is not essay as we think. We need the internet access first. Then, we have the ability to differentiate whether the information we got is reliant or not. Not every single information is true. Therefore, we need to have the brain that can know the truth. That means our brain also plays a major role in remembrance.  

Only if we've known the fact earlier, we can do anything whatever we want to. No matter how difficult the situation is, our brain is the only one that can control our mind and body. On the other hand, our brain cannot know everything itself, so we need to find the information on the internet. Moreover, we need a place that can access the internet very well and not in a place of remote areas. 

As a matter of fact, we need to apply the internet in our demands very carefully as well as our wisdom to consider the fact. In addition, we need further knowledge to find out the accurate websites. So if, we will have the information that we really want to comprehensive. But, in every situation, you cannot use the internet especially you are surrounded by the people who are really important why it is a rude manner.

In conclusion, using internet to find information is so important as having knowledge to consider the fact it is true or not. Overall, the remembrance of the things (information) plays a major role as well as having the ability to find the reliable websites. Therefore, we need to use our brain to juggle between these facts to improve our lifestyles and our society than it was.