Knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take In developing and supportin

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Knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

As humans, we grow and develop everyday. We learn and gain myriad experiences each day. While we make sane and safe decisions a lot of times, taking insane decisions is also imperative for out growth. The prompt links the aspect of our past and the decision making process that will decide our future. The claim that knowing the past cannot help one take decisions today does sound vague to me. I disagree with the statement due to few reasons. However, the claim might hold true in some situations.

Firstly, consider the evidence that we learn from the past. We have seen and been seeing it that we learn a lot from our past, and without which we might have never been where we are today. For example, consider the evolution of out transportation system. We have transformed from walk, to bullock to a 4 wheeler and now to flying across oceans. This development obviously involved many levels of decision making and risk taking. If we never had an ignition, or desire to develop from bare feet to bullocks, or if the modern generation only ignore the past, we would have never been able to reach Delhi in 2hrs from Hyderabad. This is a clear showcase of the example that learning from the past will support and bolster the decisions we take.

Further, it is pertinent to highlight the fact that we gain experience from the past that shall help us take better decisions today. For instance, we can observe a huge variation in the decisions taken by a child and a mother. While the child being so artless, would even be ready to play with fire. If the mother who has been living in this planet at least 20 year more than the child, wont tell the child that fire is dangerous, the child shall continue playing with the fire and may get himself lethally injured. This proves our point again that past experience does help us to take wise and informed decisions today.

However, there might be situations, where one’s past might hinder the decision making process today. There might few circumstances, where the decision maker is in distress or completely flummoxed due to the past. For example, consider a personal example where a person has failed in his love life. While he takes many number of years to get over the past, taking decision relation to the future relationship might be extremely challenging and stressful. The past of the person plays an important role here, and any wrong decision for the second time may lead to serious consequesnces. So, the past interferes with the decision making today.

Therefore, I disagree with the given statement that, Knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today. While the past hinder the decision making process, many a times the past teachs us and gives us experience that leads to faster and informed decision making. Decision making is a crucial process not only among the corporates or higher authorities but among everyone who lives on this planet and thus one must have a positive approch to the past and we must learn from it.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 32, Rule ID: EVERYDAY_EVERY_DAY[3]
Message: 'Everyday' is an adjective. Did you mean 'every day'?
Suggestion: every day
As humans, we grow and develop everyday. We learn and gain myriad experiences e...
^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 430, Rule ID: TO_TOO[2]
Message: Did you mean 'too'?
Suggestion: too
...o me. I disagree with the statement due to few reasons. However, the claim might h...
^^
Line 5, column 550, Rule ID: PAST_EXPERIENCE_MEMORY[1]
Message: Use simply 'experience'.
Suggestion: experience
...jured. This proves our point again that past experience does help us to take wise and informed ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 314, Rule ID: MANY_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun number seems to be countable; consider using: 'many numbers'.
Suggestion: many numbers
...failed in his love life. While he takes many number of years to get over the past, taking d...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 187, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a time' or simply 'times'?
Suggestion: a time; times
...inder the decision making process, many a times the past teachs us and gives us experie...
^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, so, therefore, thus, while, at least, for example, for instance

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 19.0 12.4196629213 153% => OK
Conjunction : 23.0 14.8657303371 155% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 48.0 33.0505617978 145% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 72.0 58.6224719101 123% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2500.0 2235.4752809 112% => OK
No of words: 525.0 442.535393258 119% => OK
Chars per words: 4.7619047619 5.05705443957 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78673985869 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.43198191902 2.79657885939 87% => OK
Unique words: 252.0 215.323595506 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.48 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 766.8 704.065955056 109% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 47.1157254177 60.3974514979 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.2857142857 118.986275619 75% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.75 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.14285714286 5.21951772744 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.232339316866 0.243740707755 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0788215557058 0.0831039109588 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0752751983573 0.0758088955206 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.152940454785 0.150359130593 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0545046518488 0.0667264976115 82% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.4 14.1392134831 74% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.8420337079 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.33 12.1639044944 85% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.54 8.38706741573 90% => OK
difficult_words: 100.0 100.480337079 100% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 11.8971910112 46% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 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 1, column 32, Rule ID: EVERYDAY_EVERY_DAY[3]
Message: 'Everyday' is an adjective. Did you mean 'every day'?
Suggestion: every day
As humans, we grow and develop everyday. We learn and gain myriad experiences e...
^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 430, Rule ID: TO_TOO[2]
Message: Did you mean 'too'?
Suggestion: too
...o me. I disagree with the statement due to few reasons. However, the claim might h...
^^
Line 5, column 550, Rule ID: PAST_EXPERIENCE_MEMORY[1]
Message: Use simply 'experience'.
Suggestion: experience
...jured. This proves our point again that past experience does help us to take wise and informed ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 314, Rule ID: MANY_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun number seems to be countable; consider using: 'many numbers'.
Suggestion: many numbers
...failed in his love life. While he takes many number of years to get over the past, taking d...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 187, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a time' or simply 'times'?
Suggestion: a time; times
...inder the decision making process, many a times the past teachs us and gives us experie...
^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, so, therefore, thus, while, at least, for example, for instance

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 19.0 12.4196629213 153% => OK
Conjunction : 23.0 14.8657303371 155% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 48.0 33.0505617978 145% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 72.0 58.6224719101 123% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2500.0 2235.4752809 112% => OK
No of words: 525.0 442.535393258 119% => OK
Chars per words: 4.7619047619 5.05705443957 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78673985869 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.43198191902 2.79657885939 87% => OK
Unique words: 252.0 215.323595506 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.48 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 766.8 704.065955056 109% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 47.1157254177 60.3974514979 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.2857142857 118.986275619 75% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.75 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.14285714286 5.21951772744 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.232339316866 0.243740707755 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0788215557058 0.0831039109588 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0752751983573 0.0758088955206 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.152940454785 0.150359130593 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0545046518488 0.0667264976115 82% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.4 14.1392134831 74% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.8420337079 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.33 12.1639044944 85% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.54 8.38706741573 90% => OK
difficult_words: 100.0 100.480337079 100% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 11.8971910112 46% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 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.