True success lies in rejecting the familiar things.
Unless we reject the common thing happening around us, we cannot enlighten us, at least this is what the speaker asserts. Although, there are various examples in the history where those who have dared to challenge the existing law, principles have given greater contribution, I feel the speaker is a bit extreme. Despite having merit, the statement overly generalizes the process of gaining knowledge, which in my view includes both rejection and acceptance.
To begin with, let us take an example of Buddha. Buddha, who is followed in revered as incarnation of god in eastern society, has been successful in gaining cult followers who keep on following his teachings. Buddha is thought to have gain enlightment. And when we follow his life story, we can know he sacrificed his family in search of truth. For the knowledge, he left his parents, wife and newly born son and went forward in the new path seeking the ultimate truth. After abandonment of the familiar, he paved his new way which enriched his knowledge about life and sufferings. Had he not reject the familiarity, he would have never been successful in achieving these truth about life and enlighting the whole world with his knowledge.
Similarly, we can also take an example of Nicholas Copernicus. Despite having objection from the church, which strongly believed earth to be the center of the world, Copernicus kept on advocating about the heliocentric model of the universe in which sun is at the center. He was curious enough to watch the world and it's happenings with the new eye and hence was able to pave the way for a new science. Rejecting the long held belief about earth, which was not based on scientific foundations, he was able to satisfy his hunger for knowledge. This shows, unless we challenge the common held belief we cannot bring the knowledge to inspire others.
On the flip side, there are plethora of scientists, philosophers who have accepted the common belief and have been able to bring change. For instance, Galileo Galilie who accepted the theory of Copernicus and only then he was able to contribute to the field of astronomy. Another example we can see of Stephen Hawking. Hawking, apparently, never went against Einstein theory of relativity and continued pursuing the theory and was able to bring the change. Had he not accepted the theory and went on to reject it, he would not have been this successful in bringing the knowledge in the world. Similarly, Martin Luther king, who accepted the non-violence policy of Mahatma Gandhi and was successful in bringing end to the ongoing prejudice in then American society.
In summary, although rejecting the common held belief is in many cases the way to gain further knowledge, it's not the only way. While we can get many examples of those who contributed great because of their rejection of familiarity, we also find many examples where people and accepted the old theory or familiarity and been able to contribute to their knowledge, Hence the speaker's assertion is only true partially.
- The best way for a society to prepare its young people for leadership in government, industry, or other fields is by instilling them a sense of cooperation, not competition. 58
- Some people feel that high school students should be required to do volunteer work in their free time Others think that they should spend their free time studying and preparing for classes Which do you think is better Use specific reasons and examples to 78
- A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college. 50
- True success lies in rejecting the familiar things. 66
- Men and women, because of their inherent physical differences, are not equally suited for many tasks. 58
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 666, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this truth' or 'these truths'?
Suggestion: this truth; these truths
...have never been successful in achieving these truth about life and enlighting the whole wor...
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Line 5, column 107, Rule ID: IT_IS[6]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...ases the way to gain further knowledge, its not the only way. While we can get many...
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Line 5, column 374, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'speakers'' or 'speaker's'?
Suggestion: speakers'; speaker's
...ontribute to their knowledge, Hence the speakers assertion is only true partially.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, apparently, but, hence, if, similarly, so, then, while, at least, for instance, i feel, in summary, in many cases, in my view, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 44.0 33.0505617978 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 69.0 58.6224719101 118% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2526.0 2235.4752809 113% => OK
No of words: 510.0 442.535393258 115% => OK
Chars per words: 4.95294117647 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.75217629947 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.68108558525 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 246.0 215.323595506 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.482352941176 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 786.6 704.065955056 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 53.9851901557 60.3974514979 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.826086957 118.986275619 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.1739130435 23.4991977007 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.34782608696 5.21951772744 122% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.100183073499 0.243740707755 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0286882269634 0.0831039109588 35% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0367925459111 0.0758088955206 49% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0608837831984 0.150359130593 40% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0307191763475 0.0667264976115 46% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 14.1392134831 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.43 12.1639044944 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.35 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 117.0 100.480337079 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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