Students should always question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively.
If life were a book, school and college would be the first chapters, paving the way for witting citizens, and high intellectual and moral standards of a society. The dialectical process entailed and its positive outcomes as detailed below, are the cornerstone of education, but also of democracies, and more widely, political systems. This habit has to be taken since the early stages of education as it fuels an avid desire to learn and of curiosity.
Asking "why" and thus challenging one's interlocutor sayings, might seem of scant importance but is actually the basis of a germane and rhetorical discussion. This implies a plethora of additional and underlying questions, often common to disparate subjects; and this appearently prosaic word actually sets the terms for a broadened debate. By not remaining stolid towards knowledge, students arise the issue of its legitimacy but also of its aim and meaning, subsuming the genesis of the fact imparted and the motives of the potential stakeholders related to it. It is also a unique way for professors to justify themselves, and thus keeping away feelings as boredom or tiredness, which might be waxed over the years.
One should also stop and consider why human is the most advanced known-species. It is the mavericks' inclinations of getting off the beaten track, following path less traveled nay creating new ones, but also of questioning the theories, beliefs and achievements considered as gospel truth during zeitgeist, that have permitted enhancing the well-being of a great number of people, and keeping to heighten the celerity with which we culminate in doing wonders. The arts, which under all its forms find wide merits in criticising governments, conventions and in bringing forth incipient ideas, embody the importance of such a practice. As painting, literature or music influence many people, students should try to best replicate this pattern specific to this field, since they enter school.
Opponents may argue that educational systems are not designed such as students would be able to always question the knowledge imparted, and that being teacher is sufficiently hard considering the multitude of duties they have. I'm not inclined to contest such a reality, for only few countries provide their citizens with all the needed means to reach their apotheosis as students and individuals. However, I truly believe that the art of questioning is an attitude that must be adopted not only in the frame of a course, but also in the familial nest during evening meals or in debates amongst friends. This acts as a bulwark against complacency, endemic disease of our society; prevents people from being mould out into robots, delineates the idyosyncracies peculiar to each persona, and is the first step for carving out strong personality's traits and true character.
Conversely, questioning what students are taught should not hamper their learning. In philosophy, questioning implies to acknowledge not knowing anything. Therefore, they should also accept that they aren't the best knowledgeable of the class, or the world, and listen to pundits. One can't ignore the adolescent's tendency, despite not generalised, to put themselves in a form of opposition. This is true is myriad scenarios and all the more in the educational surrounding. There is, for some contents such as maths theorems or historical datums, no need for calling these into question, which is neither amount to accepting it passively. The effort made to understand an information shouldn't always be paired with its permanent reassessment.
- A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college 83
- Governments should focus on solving the immediate problems of today rather than on trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future 75
- the best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones 83
- Competition for high grades seriously limits the quality of learning at all levels of education 83
- It is often asserted that the purpose of education is to free the mind and the spirit In reality however formal education tends to restrain our minds and spirits rather than set them free 83
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 385, Rule ID: ADMIT_ENJOY_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the gerund form: 'keeping heightening'.
Suggestion: keeping heightening
...-being of a great number of people, and keeping to heighten the celerity with which we culminate in...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 228, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: I'm
...ring the multitude of duties they have. Im not inclined to contest such a reality,...
^^
Line 9, column 201, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: aren't
...fore, they should also accept that they arent the best knowledgeable of the class, or...
^^^^^
Line 9, column 285, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...r the world, and listen to pundits. One cant ignore the adolescents tendency, despit...
^^^^
Line 9, column 301, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'adolescents'' or 'adolescent's'?
Suggestion: adolescents'; adolescent's
... listen to pundits. One cant ignore the adolescents tendency, despite not generalised, to p...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 683, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: shouldn't
...ffort made to understand an information shouldnt always be paired with its permanent rea...
^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, conversely, first, however, if, may, so, therefore, thus, well, as to, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 33.0 14.8657303371 222% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 69.0 58.6224719101 118% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3030.0 2235.4752809 136% => OK
No of words: 568.0 442.535393258 128% => OK
Chars per words: 5.33450704225 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.88187981987 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.98726675178 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 340.0 215.323595506 158% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.598591549296 0.4932671777 121% => OK
syllable_count: 920.7 704.065955056 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 13.0 1.77640449438 732% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 69.4181246726 60.3974514979 115% => OK
Chars per sentence: 137.727272727 118.986275619 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.8181818182 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.5 5.21951772744 86% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.184575226616 0.243740707755 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.053984269988 0.0831039109588 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0851406700434 0.0758088955206 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0995618962935 0.150359130593 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.104727832742 0.0667264976115 157% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.6 14.1392134831 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.93 12.1639044944 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.94 8.38706741573 119% => OK
difficult_words: 182.0 100.480337079 181% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 17.0 11.7820224719 144% => 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 385, Rule ID: ADMIT_ENJOY_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the gerund form: 'keeping heightening'.
Suggestion: keeping heightening
...-being of a great number of people, and keeping to heighten the celerity with which we culminate in...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 228, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: I'm
...ring the multitude of duties they have. Im not inclined to contest such a reality,...
^^
Line 9, column 201, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: aren't
...fore, they should also accept that they arent the best knowledgeable of the class, or...
^^^^^
Line 9, column 285, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...r the world, and listen to pundits. One cant ignore the adolescents tendency, despit...
^^^^
Line 9, column 301, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'adolescents'' or 'adolescent's'?
Suggestion: adolescents'; adolescent's
... listen to pundits. One cant ignore the adolescents tendency, despite not generalised, to p...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 683, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: shouldn't
...ffort made to understand an information shouldnt always be paired with its permanent rea...
^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, conversely, first, however, if, may, so, therefore, thus, well, as to, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 33.0 14.8657303371 222% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 69.0 58.6224719101 118% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3030.0 2235.4752809 136% => OK
No of words: 568.0 442.535393258 128% => OK
Chars per words: 5.33450704225 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.88187981987 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.98726675178 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 340.0 215.323595506 158% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.598591549296 0.4932671777 121% => OK
syllable_count: 920.7 704.065955056 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 13.0 1.77640449438 732% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 69.4181246726 60.3974514979 115% => OK
Chars per sentence: 137.727272727 118.986275619 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.8181818182 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.5 5.21951772744 86% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.184575226616 0.243740707755 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.053984269988 0.0831039109588 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0851406700434 0.0758088955206 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0995618962935 0.150359130593 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.104727832742 0.0667264976115 157% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.6 14.1392134831 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.93 12.1639044944 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.94 8.38706741573 119% => OK
difficult_words: 182.0 100.480337079 181% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 17.0 11.7820224719 144% => 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.