The best way for a society to prepare its young people for leadership in government, industry, or other fields is by instilling in them a sense of cooperation, not competition."
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Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
Both competition and cooperation are essential skills for people to champion in the society. The relative ratio of the two skills required may vary for different roles and positions, but I believe for a leadership role in the government, industry or any other field, a sense of cooperation is more important than a sense of competition.
Needless to say, competition is important. Our population is approaching 7 billion, a number disproportionately greater than the resources and opportunities available. Had mother Earth have the ability to provide every being with an equal share of resources and opportunity, it is safe to say that competition is not important and that people should simply cooperate to prosper. However, this is clearly not the case. This is why we take admission tests, interviews, extracurricular competitions, so we can reach a higher ground with potentially more resources and opportunities at our disposal. Thus, it is indubitable that competition is what it takes for us to reach that leadership position.
At first glance, becoming a leader and being a successful leader may sound similar, but they are effectively two disparate phenomena. It has been proven too many times when a political or industrial leader win the election auspiciously to be appointed the president, only to let down the public’s expectations and be viewed nothing if not useless. The reason behind this discrepancy is that being a successful leader takes the skill of cooperation instead of simply competition. As evident by the famous Chinese proverb, "Three laypeople champions over one Zhu-ge Liang (a famous general of the three dynasties)", cooperation is the skill that wins battles.
Some may think this is cynical, but I believe people are innately competitive in nature; which is why people often get envious or strive harder. This is not the case for competition however, for competition is a wisdom learnt and passed on through thousands of years of experience by mankind. So the society should instil young people knowledge about cooperation, and can expect competition to come naturally as part of human nature.
In conclusion, cooperation and competition are both indispensable skills for leaders of any field. However, the society should instil a sense of cooperation to young people because cooperation is arguably a more effective asset for successful leaders and that competition is something that is innate and can be learnt without society's teaching.
- TOEFL T P O 24 Integrated Writing Task 3
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 186, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[8]
Message: The proper name in singular (Earth) must be used with a third-person verb: 'has'.
Suggestion: has
...portunities available. Had mother Earth have the ability to provide every being with...
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Line 7, column 10, Rule ID: MASS_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'thinks'.
Suggestion: thinks
...e skill that wins battles. Some may think this is cynical, but I believe people a...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, may, so, thus, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 29.0 19.5258426966 149% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.4196629213 72% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 33.0505617978 76% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 58.6224719101 67% => OK
Nominalization: 24.0 12.9106741573 186% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2108.0 2235.4752809 94% => OK
No of words: 393.0 442.535393258 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.36386768448 5.05705443957 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.45244063426 4.55969084622 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.23201295026 2.79657885939 116% => OK
Unique words: 209.0 215.323595506 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.531806615776 0.4932671777 108% => OK
syllable_count: 665.1 704.065955056 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 20.2370786517 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 60.339695829 60.3974514979 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.0 118.986275619 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.1176470588 23.4991977007 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.11764705882 5.21951772744 60% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 5.13820224719 19% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.177285382978 0.243740707755 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0576012525339 0.0831039109588 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0568368818347 0.0758088955206 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.113976113393 0.150359130593 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0680784823994 0.0667264976115 102% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.4 14.1392134831 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 48.8420337079 81% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.1 12.1639044944 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.71 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 98.0 100.480337079 98% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 Out of 6
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