With the development of society and the economy, it is getting more and more effortless to access the Internet and search for a tremendous amount of information. A prevalent statement that we hear in recent years is that it is vital that students learn not only superficial facts but also the underlying concepts and ideas. A considerable number of opponents, however, argue that memorizing facts is also an important skill that will affect students' academic life. As far as I am concerned, my personal view is aligned more with the former, and I will develop two specific reasons in the subsequent paragraphs.
To begin with, failing to understand the fundamentals and only memorizing facts for the sake of memorization can hinder students' learning eventually and they are more likely to face academic setbacks. Learning facts or factual events do not require students to think rationally or critically, and this activity does not help develop students' academic ability. This can lead to decreased or lost confidence when they engage in discussion or take exams that require their critical thinking skill. Another aftermath that could occur to them is that they have to relearn the basic concepts underlying so many facts and it will take an enormous amount of time to do it, which is time-consuming and not efficient as a learning experience. I have to admit that this opinion is profoundly influenced by my personal experience. When I entered elementary school, I memorized materials for the sake of acing every single exam at school without comprehending the more important core of materials. Therefore, I was enthusiastic and competent in terms of academics. However, I hit the rock bottom when I entered college and started to learn so many advanced concepts I could not apply any of my factual knowledge to. I was so frustrated when I realized that I did not have the essential way of thinking that is applicable across many subjects and even advanced materials in college. It was really challenging to learn the basic things once again in order to exercise my brain and understand the true ideas and facts.
Secondly, an ability to understand ideas can be applicable even to the business world and it is conceived as indispensable to be regarded as successful. Although so many learning experiences in education are considered as a waste when people enter the workforce, they are deeply associated with work and success if they have a skill of rational and critical thinking, such as skepticism or decision-making skill, or even time -management skill. For instance, my friend who had continued to do debate in a club for a long time aside from education is so successful and accomplished in society. The main reason is that he is adept in making a judgement, and also making a constructive argument. These skills stemmed from his own experience of engaging in debate. They are useful especially when it comes to business negotiation, and human communication, both of which are integral to conduct business in person. With knowing only facts, he said that he would have been able to acquire these skills, and he values the skill of viewing things from different perspectives, which come from truly and profoundly understanding concepts and apply the knowledge to the real world.
In conclusion, I would like to reiterate and reinforce my firm belief that it is strongly recommended to have a deep and solid understanding of ideas rather than just learning superfical and easily forgettable facts. It is because they would be less likely to confront the obstacles in academics eventually when they learn advanced concepts, and also because the fundamental rational thinking skill can be applied to the real world when it comes to working in the future.
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Young people today have no influence on the important decisions that determine the future of society as a whole Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 73
- It is more important for students to understand ideas and concepts than it is for them to learn facts 73
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 1396, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'learning'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'challenge' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: learning
...s in college. It was really challenging to learn the basic things once again in order to...
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Line 5, column 91, Rule ID: ADMIT_ENJOY_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the gerund form: 'recommended having'.
Suggestion: recommended having
...orce my firm belief that it is strongly recommended to have a deep and solid understanding of ideas...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, really, second, secondly, so, therefore, thus, for instance, in conclusion, such as, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 15.1003584229 185% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 9.8082437276 122% => OK
Conjunction : 35.0 13.8261648746 253% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 26.0 11.0286738351 236% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 64.0 43.0788530466 149% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 71.0 52.1666666667 136% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 8.0752688172 198% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3144.0 1977.66487455 159% => OK
No of words: 623.0 407.700716846 153% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.04654895666 4.8611393121 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.99599519102 4.48103885553 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95455698465 2.67179642975 111% => OK
Unique words: 297.0 212.727598566 140% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.476725521669 0.524837075471 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1001.7 618.680645161 162% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 16.0 9.59856630824 167% => OK
Article: 4.0 3.08781362007 130% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.86738351254 375% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.94265232975 81% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.6003584229 112% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 20.1344086022 134% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 57.4566821298 48.9658058833 117% => OK
Chars per sentence: 136.695652174 100.406767564 136% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0869565217 20.6045352989 131% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.30434782609 5.45110844103 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.5376344086 36% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 11.8709677419 118% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88709677419 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.289857041308 0.236089414692 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0732086678336 0.076458572812 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0688338697143 0.0737576698707 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.172241734122 0.150856017488 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0790000451131 0.0645574589148 122% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.9 11.7677419355 135% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.07 58.1214874552 76% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 6.10430107527 183% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 10.1575268817 136% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.31 10.9000537634 113% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.98 8.01818996416 112% => OK
difficult_words: 158.0 86.8835125448 182% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.002688172 145% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.0537634409 127% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.247311828 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 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: conclusion.
So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:
reasons == advantages or
reasons == disadvantages
for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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