We learn our most valuable lessons in life from struggling with our limitations rather than from enjoying our successes Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim In developing and supporting your positi

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We learn our most valuable lessons in life from struggling with our limitations rather than from enjoying our successes.
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.

When you first start reading a famous person’s autobiography, you’ll notice how little they choose to talk about their achievements. For instance, take Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’, a book where she highlights all her struggles growing up, and how they helped shape her into the First Lady of the United States. Only a few pages of the novel talk about her glorious life at the White House; most of them painstakingly outline the problems that young black women face at different stages of their lives. The prompt suggests something similar by stating that the most valuable life-lessons are not picked up while thriving in our successes, but rather while struggling with our limitations. In my opinion, I strongly agree with the suggestion that our limitations and struggles are the birthing ground of our life’s morals, and would argue this for two main reasons.

First of all, hardship strengthens character because it takes away the comfort that we cling to so desperately. During times like these, when we are left to our own devices, some human beings choose to be scrupulous, even if it means making a hard choice. For example, Jeff Bejoz, now the richest man on Earth, started his retail store from the back of his garage. Had he not struggled and suffered early setbacks in his career, he would probably not be the successful businessman that he is today. The above example illustrates how the values, morals and lessons learnt during our harshest times become the guiding principles for our future successes. If one never goes through trying times, it is unlikely that they will develop the strength and character that it takes to be successful in life.

Furthermore, struggling with our limitations exposes us to newer possibilities that we may not have considered previously. While dealing with these issues, one may acquire new skills, start a new venture, or develop a community to help out others. For instance, women in STEM often enter their colleges by considering themselves to be at par with men, and expect the same opportunities as their male counterparts. Sadly, this isn’t what happens in most scenarios. However, being discriminated against and treated as intellectually inferior has pushed women to combine forces and work even harder against patriarchal standards. Recent studies have shown how the number of women succeeding in STEM professions has skyrocketed, and most of them owe this success to the fact that they refuse to be limited by archaic gender roles. This clearly indicates how important life lessons, such as the grit and determination required while taking up new roles, are imparted due to struggles that one might go through. It is highly unlikely that people born with a silver spoon in their mouth would ever go through these issues, and hence their successes would be nothing extraordinary or off-beat.

Of course, some may argue that enjoying our successes is the ultimate aim. However, it is not rest and pleasure that teaches us anything valuable, but rather the arduous journey that we have taken to get there. In conclusion, I would suggest that it is our struggles that shape us into better individuals, by strengthening our characters and making us explore possibilities that we may not have considered before.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 228, Rule ID: AFFORD_VBG[1]
Message: This verb is used with infinitive: 'to grow'.
Suggestion: to grow
... where she highlights all her struggles growing up, and how they helped shape her into ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, may, so, then, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, of course, such as, first of all, in my opinion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 79.0 33.0505617978 239% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 67.0 58.6224719101 114% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 12.9106741573 31% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2752.0 2235.4752809 123% => OK
No of words: 538.0 442.535393258 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.11524163569 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.81610080973 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.81648013611 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 306.0 215.323595506 142% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.568773234201 0.4932671777 115% => OK
syllable_count: 824.4 704.065955056 117% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => 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: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.595700527 60.3974514979 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.090909091 118.986275619 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.4545454545 23.4991977007 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.09090909091 5.21951772744 136% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.267609423634 0.243740707755 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0756134673864 0.0831039109588 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.06945761461 0.0758088955206 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.161635247412 0.150359130593 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0430640960249 0.0667264976115 65% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.9 14.1392134831 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 48.8420337079 114% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.71 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.94 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 140.0 100.480337079 139% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.


Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 Out of 6
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