“In our time, specialists of all kinds are highly overrated. We need more generalists—people who can
provide broad perspectives."
Specialists are not overrated today. More generalists may be needed, but not to overshadow the specialists.
Generalists can provide a great deal of information on many topics of interest with a broad range of ideas.
People who look at the overall view of things can help with some of the large problems our society faces
today. But specialists are necessary to gain a better understanding of more in depth methods to solve
problems or fixing things.
One good example of why specialists are not overrated is in the medical field. Doctors are necessary for
people to live healthy lives. When a person is sick, he may go to a general practitioner to find out the cause
of his problems. Usually, this kind of "generalized" doctor can help most ailments with simple and
effective treatments. Sometimes, though, a sickness may go beyond a family doctor's knowledge or the
prescribed treatments don't work the way they should. When a sickness progresses or becomes diagnosed
as a disease that requires more care than a family doctor can provide, he may be referred to a specialist.
For instance, a person with constant breathing problems that require hospitalization may be suggested to
visit an asthma specialist. Since a family doctor has a great deal of knowledge of medicine, he can decide
when his methods are not effective and the patient needs to see someone who knows more about the
specific problem; someone who knows how it begins, progresses, and specified treatments. This is an
excellent example of how a generalied person may not be equipped enough to handle something as well as
a specialized one can.
Another example of a specialist who is needed instead of a generalist involves teaching. In grammar
school, children learn all the basic principles of reading, writing, and arithematic. But as children get older
and progress in school, they gain a better understanding of the language and mathematical processes. As
the years in school increase, they need to learn more and more specifics and details about various subjects.
They start out by learning basic math concepts such as addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication.
A few years later, they are ready to begin algebraic concepts, geometry, and calculus. They are also ready
to learn more advanced vocabulary, the principles of how all life is composed and how it functions. One
teacher or professor can not provide as much in depth discussion on all of these topics as well as one who
has learned the specifics and studied mainly to know everything that is currently known about one of these
subjects. Generalized teachers are required to begin molding students at a very early age so they can get
ready for the future ahead of them in gaining more facts about the basic subjects and finding out new facts
on the old ones.
These are only two examples of why specialists are not highly overrated and more generalists are not
necessary to the point of overshadowing them. Generalists are needed to give the public a broad
understanding of some things. But , specialists are important to help maintain the status, health, and safety
of our society. Specialists are very necessary.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 61, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...he overall view of things can help with some of the large problems our society faces today...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 10, column 23, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...knowledge or the prescribed treatments dont work the way they should. When a sickne...
^^^^
Line 32, column 34, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...broad understanding of some things. But , specialists are important to help maint...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, look, may, so, well, for instance, kind of, such as, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 33.0505617978 79% => OK
Preposition: 68.0 58.6224719101 116% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2699.0 2235.4752809 121% => OK
No of words: 526.0 442.535393258 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.13117870722 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78901763229 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.01985837284 2.79657885939 108% => OK
Unique words: 253.0 215.323595506 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.480988593156 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 830.7 704.065955056 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 9.0 1.77640449438 507% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 52.8470889909 60.3974514979 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.962962963 118.986275619 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4814814815 23.4991977007 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.88888888889 5.21951772744 55% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 32.0 4.97078651685 644% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.304720825665 0.243740707755 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0809172528683 0.0831039109588 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0592161953021 0.0758088955206 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0725167754169 0.150359130593 48% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0664305261615 0.0667264976115 100% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 14.1392134831 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.8420337079 107% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.47 12.1639044944 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.27 8.38706741573 99% => OK
difficult_words: 123.0 100.480337079 122% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 11.8971910112 63% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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 3, column 61, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...he overall view of things can help with some of the large problems our society faces today...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 10, column 23, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...knowledge or the prescribed treatments dont work the way they should. When a sickne...
^^^^
Line 32, column 34, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...broad understanding of some things. But , specialists are important to help maint...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, look, may, so, well, for instance, kind of, such as, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 33.0505617978 79% => OK
Preposition: 68.0 58.6224719101 116% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2699.0 2235.4752809 121% => OK
No of words: 526.0 442.535393258 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.13117870722 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78901763229 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.01985837284 2.79657885939 108% => OK
Unique words: 253.0 215.323595506 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.480988593156 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 830.7 704.065955056 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 9.0 1.77640449438 507% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 52.8470889909 60.3974514979 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.962962963 118.986275619 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4814814815 23.4991977007 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.88888888889 5.21951772744 55% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 32.0 4.97078651685 644% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.304720825665 0.243740707755 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0809172528683 0.0831039109588 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0592161953021 0.0758088955206 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0725167754169 0.150359130593 48% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0664305261615 0.0667264976115 100% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 14.1392134831 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.8420337079 107% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.47 12.1639044944 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.27 8.38706741573 99% => OK
difficult_words: 123.0 100.480337079 122% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 11.8971910112 63% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.