Short essay

Maggie Robb's short story "Automatic Upgrade" was used for the written exam in English B on HF June 1st 2012.

Below, we also have some suggetions as to the content of the essay:

Discussion on young people's freedom to lead their lives

In this section, we will provide you with some inspirational ideas that can be a help when you have to discuss to what extent young people today are free to choose how to lead their lives.

Ramesh was rather constrained by his family to pursue a certain career. He was supposed to be a doctor and his grandmother highly disapproved of his intentions to start a career in the mobile phone industry.

• In your essay you could ask yourself if the death of his grandmother, unfortunate as it was, could also be an opportunity f...