We venerate loyalty – to our schools, employers, institutions, friends – as a virtue. Loyalty, however, can be at least as detrimental an influence as it can be a beneficial one.

The word 'loyalty' is almost always used with a positive connotation. It refers to faithfulness to an individual, a group of individuals or any organization. As long as this faithfulness in limited and conditional i.e. it meets non - deviant terms and conditions, loyalty stands as a virtue and is bound to reap dividends. However, when the individuals turn to excessive and unconditional loyalty, it can be just as detrimental. This dual nature of loyalty holds true in an array of settings, environments and social relationships including schools, financial institutions and friendships.

The veneration to loyalty begins from early phases of human development which take place at educational institutions. At schools, children are taught to be loyal to their teachers, the rules and regulations of the school, parents etc. Conforming students are rewarded and the non - confirming ones are penalized. While such penalization may be genuine, excessive enforcement of loyalty may prove detrimental. For instance, a student may be suffering from health conditions such as schizophrenia that limits his/ her loyalty to the school. In such a situation, veneration of loyalty won't pay. Instead, an empathetic approach would be a more logical course of action. This is not to discount the importance loyalty in a normal situation. One cannot deny the fact that inculcation of loyalty in children is an essential tool for effective socialization of individuals.

Besides schools, the duality of adherence to loyalty is displayed at institutions such as financial ones. On one hand, legitimate faithfulness to an employer is bound to be beneficial in the form of bonuses, promotion, perks etc. On the other hand, if an employer is loyal to a corrupt employer, he may end up being an accomplice in the employer's corrupt practices - only out of loyalty - he is sooner or later bound to get in trouble such as payment of fines, serving of jail term etc.

The dual character of faithfulness is just as prominent in social relations as it is in schools and on professional front. For instance, an individual may exhibit loyalty to a friend whom he knows is involved in deviant practices such as drug addiction, smoking, theft etc. His loyalty may lead him to involvement in the aforesaid practices which in turn would have a detrimental effect on the individual on multiple fronts. On the contrary, in case of friendship between conformist individuals, loyalty can lead to a healthy and enriching social life.

In conclusion, loyalty is essentially dualistic characteristic. It would be myopic to view it from a positive lens only. While it certainly has benefits in a normal setting, its equally detrimental nature can certainly not be ruled out. Thus, one must choose to be loyal to an individual or an entity with utter caution and care.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
besides, however, if, may, so, thus, while, for instance, in conclusion, such as, on the contrary, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 11.3162921348 53% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 33.0505617978 67% => OK
Preposition: 71.0 58.6224719101 121% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2381.0 2235.4752809 107% => OK
No of words: 459.0 442.535393258 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.18736383442 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.62863751936 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.19942955418 2.79657885939 114% => OK
Unique words: 235.0 215.323595506 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.511982570806 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 723.6 704.065955056 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 43.301251714 60.3974514979 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.24 118.986275619 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.36 23.4991977007 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.64 5.21951772744 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 25.0 10.2758426966 243% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 5.13820224719 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.323210057267 0.243740707755 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.085354348112 0.0831039109588 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0472359021748 0.0758088955206 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.178102218394 0.150359130593 118% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0464377940554 0.0667264976115 70% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 14.1392134831 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.8420337079 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.82 12.1639044944 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.69 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 121.0 100.480337079 120% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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