Write A Letter Which You Hope To Be Published In Your Local Newspaper
Write a letter which you hope to be published in your local newspaper. Inform readers what leisure facilities are available for young people and families in your area and explain how you think they can be improved. (16 marks) Dear Editor,
You will be aware what an awful, boring place Halstead is. After all, one does not run the paper for twenty-five years without acquainting oneself with the area somewhat. I would firstly like to offer congratulations on the twenty-five years the Halstead Gazette has been in print, and also turn Your - and others' - attention to a most pressing subject.
Certainly, one will agree that there are satisfactory facilities in Halstead, but most are either accommodating the younger age group or the elderly. Yes we also have access to the bingo every Wednesday night and in the summer we are able to join in with their game of croquet but what’s here for us? For the teenagers that are not allowed to wander the streets past 10pm as so many people are afraid that gang violence may take place; on a Saturday night when no one wants to be stuck home with their parents, it’s the weekend, time to relax or do something remotely interesting, but after living here for 5 years I can safely give you a grand tour of the facilities you have to offer for the ‘rowdy’ teenagers:
Firstly, the morning constitutional; who doesn't love taking a walk in the pleasant fields and featureless landscapes? this one costs absolutely nothing and it is not hard to find a path that leads through the grim, dark woods with pigeons in the trees and rubbish at the sides of a path that is dark and pot-holed with puddles of a dangerous depth. And if young people don't like the woods - how about a field, where, if you are caught, a farmer will hunt you down with a combine harvester.
Oh yes, we do have a pub but once teens are seen hanging around a stereotype is immediately pined to us but that is really the only thing Halstead has to offer that won’t give us
You will be aware what an awful, boring place Halstead is. After all, one does not run the paper for twenty-five years without acquainting oneself with the area somewhat. I would firstly like to offer congratulations on the twenty-five years the Halstead Gazette has been in print, and also turn Your - and others' - attention to a most pressing subject.
Certainly, one will agree that there are satisfactory facilities in Halstead, but most are either accommodating the younger age group or the elderly. Yes we also have access to the bingo every Wednesday night and in the summer we are able to join in with their game of croquet but what’s here for us? For the teenagers that are not allowed to wander the streets past 10pm as so many people are afraid that gang violence may take place; on a Saturday night when no one wants to be stuck home with their parents, it’s the weekend, time to relax or do something remotely interesting, but after living here for 5 years I can safely give you a grand tour of the facilities you have to offer for the ‘rowdy’ teenagers:
Firstly, the morning constitutional; who doesn't love taking a walk in the pleasant fields and featureless landscapes? this one costs absolutely nothing and it is not hard to find a path that leads through the grim, dark woods with pigeons in the trees and rubbish at the sides of a path that is dark and pot-holed with puddles of a dangerous depth. And if young people don't like the woods - how about a field, where, if you are caught, a farmer will hunt you down with a combine harvester.
Oh yes, we do have a pub but once teens are seen hanging around a stereotype is immediately pined to us but that is really the only thing Halstead has to offer that won’t give us