In any situation, progress requires discussion among people who have contrasting points of view.
The statement that progress, in any situation, requires discussion among people with contrasting opinions has considerable merit given that consensus is the best solution in many number of situations, Different viewpoints come from different people with myriad backgrounds, experiences, expertise and knowledge. When all of that is put together, the resulting solution is more creative and inclusive, contributing to the progress of all. However, this is not possible if the people involved have the rigidity in their viewpoints and an unwillingness to listen to or give in to an opinion more meritorious than their own.
Consider a situation where the authority of a school decides to implement an online forum for teacher-parent discussion doing away with conventional face-to-face interaction. The school may coin this as progress as it allows for easy monitoring of students and equally easier accessibility of information to parents. The adoption of this technological advancement, however, without guardians’ opinions, may prove to be inefficient than the traditional interaction between teachers and parents. People visualize the same situation in different perspectives based on their past experiences, present scenarios, emotional judgement and future assessment of the problem. For a progress to encompass the needs of all, it is equally important to respect the contrasting opinions than those in favour.
For the growth, improvement and development of a situation, it is wiser to consider it from different standpoints. The problems may be multi-faceted, calling for different approach for mitigation and thus requiring opinions of everybody associated with the subject. Consider the case of two contrary theories of atomic physics: the wave theory and the quantum theory. For 20 years or so, physicists have been struggling to disprove one or other, or reconcile them. By this way of intense debate, scientists have now developed a new so-called ‘string’ theory that reconciles them both – at least mathematically. While strings have not yet been observed empirically, the theory may provide the unifying law that every matter in the universe obeys.
Considering different viewpoints helps in judging priorities too: whether multi-billion dollars be invested in space research in the face of economic depression and fluctuating market conditions, whether tax revenues be spent on a new fly-over to reduce congestion or for uplifting the strata of poor people by spending in education and healthcare. Progress can only happen when the needs of the people at large are considered rather than a specific section. Moreover, bills passed after respecting opposition’s viewpoints garner greater acceptance by the public. For progress to be successful, people, thus, should be involved, debates held, discussions organized, opinions heard, problems mitigated and steps implemented.
However, public debates and discussions can also cause general hysteria and inefficiency in certain circumstances. As claimed by a socialist Walter Lippmann, in his book ‘Public Opinion, if people hold different opinions and are unable to persuade each other, this may cause conflicts which may further exacerbate into abhorrence for each other. Similarly, a rigid difference of opinions between public and Government, with either one unwilling to listen to each other, may result in discontent and even protests, thus hampering progress.
In conclusion, it is indeed through discourses, discussions and debates that progress is possible provided that the people involved are willing to consider and even concede to opinions more cogent than their own.
| Post date | Users | Rates | Link to Content |
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| 2019-11-29 | Seonghun | 83 | view |
| 2019-11-26 | cnegus | 58 | view |
| 2019-11-20 | jessie_llj | 66 | view |
| 2019-11-07 | melavdev | 50 | view |
| 2019-11-05 | jdpatel1107 | 50 | view |
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 175, Rule ID: MANY_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun number seems to be countable; consider using: 'many numbers'.
Suggestion: many numbers
... that consensus is the best solution in many number of situations, Different viewpoints com...
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Line 5, column 577, Rule ID: PAST_EXPERIENCE_MEMORY[1]
Message: Use simply 'experiences'.
Suggestion: experiences
...n different perspectives based on their past experiences, present scenarios, emotional judgement...
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Line 5, column 676, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[1]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'progress'.
Suggestion: progress
...d future assessment of the problem. For a progress to encompass the needs of all, it is eq...
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Line 23, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... opinions more cogent than their own.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, moreover, similarly, so, thus, while, at least, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 25.0 14.8657303371 168% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 33.0505617978 76% => OK
Preposition: 77.0 58.6224719101 131% => OK
Nominalization: 26.0 12.9106741573 201% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3153.0 2235.4752809 141% => OK
No of words: 547.0 442.535393258 124% => OK
Chars per words: 5.76416819013 5.05705443957 114% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.83611736076 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.2431135082 2.79657885939 116% => OK
Unique words: 302.0 215.323595506 140% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5521023766 0.4932671777 112% => OK
syllable_count: 962.1 704.065955056 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 63.4376768409 60.3974514979 105% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.318181818 118.986275619 120% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.8636363636 23.4991977007 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.09090909091 5.21951772744 78% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.188034841306 0.243740707755 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0525898211811 0.0831039109588 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0565978105867 0.0758088955206 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.103813413718 0.150359130593 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0661833815042 0.0667264976115 99% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.1 14.1392134831 128% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 30.2 48.8420337079 62% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 12.1743820225 123% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.42 12.1639044944 135% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.05 8.38706741573 120% => OK
difficult_words: 181.0 100.480337079 180% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 11.8971910112 122% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.