Some people think that children should be taught to be competitive in school. Others,
however, say that cooperation and team working skills are more important. Discuss both
sides and give your opinion.
Although it is sometimes thought that schools ought to teach children to compete, other people
believe that the focus should be on cooperation. In my opinion, I consider that competition helps
children learn the most important skills for their future life.
On the one hand, some people think that children who learn to compete against each other often do
better in school and I agree. In other words, the competition between students motivates them to
excel in their studies or tasks which consequently produces better academic performance and
results. For example, students generally apply themselves and work harder when they are in direct
competition with their classmates. Furthermore, being driven to achieve the best is vital in order to
succeed later in life when, as adults, they must compete against others in the job market.
On the other hand, it is often believed that it is better if the emphasis at school is on cooperating
with others. As people we do not live, work or socialize apart from others, so learning how to work
alongside other people ought to be taught from childhood. Without these skills, children would lack
the ability to communicate with each other or know how to deal with confrontations and conflicts in
a constructive way. Another reason why team skills are useful for children is that they learn how to
negotiate with others to complete a task. This is an essential skill to learn for their future life.
In conclusion, while people may vary in their opinions, I think that children stand a better chance to
succeed both in school and later in life if they are encouraged to compete against each other.
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- The graph below compares the changes in the birth rates of China and the USA between 1920 and 2000. 73
- The two maps below show road access to a city hospital in 2007 and in 2010 67
- Computers are being used more and more in education. Some people say that this is a positive trend, while others argue that it is leading to negative consequences.Discuss both sides of this argument and then give your own opinion. 56
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Message: Consider replacing "in a constructive way" with adverb for "constructive"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
... deal with confrontations and conflicts in a constructive way. Another reason why team skills are use...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
consequently, furthermore, if, may, so, while, apart from, for example, i think, in conclusion, in my opinion, in other words, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 13.1623246493 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 7.30460921844 151% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 24.0651302605 116% => OK
Preposition: 46.0 41.998997996 110% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1392.0 1615.20841683 86% => OK
No of words: 277.0 315.596192385 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.02527075812 5.12529762239 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07962216107 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60015528716 2.80592935109 93% => OK
Unique words: 149.0 176.041082164 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.537906137184 0.561755894193 96% => OK
syllable_count: 410.4 506.74238477 81% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 16.0721442886 75% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 33.8119801254 49.4020404114 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.0 106.682146367 109% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0833333333 20.7667163134 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.0 7.06120827912 170% => OK
Paragraphs: 17.0 4.38176352705 388% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.230173104714 0.244688304435 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0897525474679 0.084324248473 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0548477047546 0.0667982634062 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0754261472392 0.151304729494 50% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0541106804318 0.056905535591 95% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.8 13.0946893788 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 50.2224549098 113% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.3001002004 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.19 12.4159519038 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.97 8.58950901804 93% => OK
difficult_words: 56.0 78.4519038076 71% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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