Should high school students be required to do volunteer work?
In the prompt, two students share their opinions:
Claire says yes, because volunteering promotes civic spirit.
Paul says no, because it adds more stress for high school students.
Here’s the key: you should not simply repeat their ideas. You need to express your own position and support it with your own reasons and examples. Your response should contribute something new to the discussion—that’s what earns a top score. When you begin your response, you can either
use the students’ ideas as a starting point for your own argument, or
develop your own ideas entirely.
4 responses in the video
2 for2 against
