TPO-41 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Teachers were more appreciated and valued by society in the past than they are nowadays.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Without no doubt, some people would agree that teachers were more appreciated and valued in the past, while others may consider the opposite point of view. As far as I am concerned, I firmly agree with the statement proposed. My mother used to be an excellent teacher, as well as is today one of my best friend, and comparing both experiences as teachers, I can affirm that the this noble profession is not appreciate as it used to be.

First of all, the profession has lost the high reputation that it use to has when I was a child. Certainly, in those old days, decide to be a teacher was an supported decision by parents and community. Today, pursue a teacher career would need a deep analysis and vocation to face all the difficulties of the hard and stressful work without the appreciation it deserved. For instants, my daughter that is finishing her high School and soon will pursue a university career, does not want to follow anything related with teaching or tutoring in a class, because she understand this lack of support teachers has now.

Additionally, the teacher's salary and benefits, compared with the past, have declined considerably. According to research, the teacher's salary in 1950 could afford the down payment of a small house in the middle-class suburban areas of a big city. On the opposite, today, a teacher's salary only can afford the rent of a bachelor apartment. Consequently, teachers are forced to take more than one job to afford their expenses. To illustrate this situation I would like to bring the example of my friend that want to have an extra income and decided to sell sweaters after her working day as elementary school teacher.

Finally, the respect students and parents have toward their teachers today has declined alarmingly. According to research by the Social Service, of the University of Toronto, the episodes of violence towards teacher in middle and high school has increment, in the last ten years. Consequently, it is safe to say that the society respected and valued more the teacher labour, in the past.

In summary, considering all the arguments exposed above, I indeed, believe that teachers were more appreciated and valued by society in the past, than today.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 375, Rule ID: DT_DT[2]
Message: Maybe you need to remove the second determiner so that only 'the' or 'this' is left.
Suggestion: the; this
...eriences as teachers, I can affirm that the this noble profession is not appreciate as i...
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Line 1, column 408, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'appreciated'.
Suggestion: appreciated
...m that the this noble profession is not appreciate as it used to be. First of all, the ...
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Line 3, column 74, Rule ID: TO_NON_BASE[1]
Message: The verb after "to" should be in the base form: 'have'.
Suggestion: have
...lost the high reputation that it use to has when I was a child. Certainly, in those...
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Line 3, column 155, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'a' instead of 'an' if the following word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a sentence', 'a university'
Suggestion: a
...se old days, decide to be a teacher was an supported decision by parents and commu...
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Line 3, column 565, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'she' must be used with a third-person verb: 'understands'.
Suggestion: understands
...ing or tutoring in a class, because she understand this lack of support teachers has now. ...
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Line 5, column 19, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'teachers'' or 'teacher's'?
Suggestion: teachers'; teacher's
... teachers has now. Additionally, the teachers salary and benefits, compared with the ...
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Line 5, column 128, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'teachers'' or 'teacher's'?
Suggestion: teachers'; teacher's
...onsiderably. According to research, the teachers salary in 1950 could afford the down pa...
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Line 5, column 275, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'teachers'' or 'teacher's'?
Suggestion: teachers'; teacher's
...f a big city. On the opposite, today, a teachers salary only can afford the rent of a ba...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
consequently, finally, first, if, may, so, well, while, in summary, no doubt, as well as, first of all

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 15.1003584229 79% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 9.8082437276 92% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 13.8261648746 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.0286738351 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 30.0 43.0788530466 70% => OK
Preposition: 58.0 52.1666666667 111% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.0752688172 111% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1852.0 1977.66487455 94% => OK
No of words: 377.0 407.700716846 92% => OK
Chars per words: 4.9124668435 4.8611393121 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.4064143971 4.48103885553 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75653614365 2.67179642975 103% => OK
Unique words: 205.0 212.727598566 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.543766578249 0.524837075471 104% => OK
syllable_count: 575.1 618.680645161 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 9.59856630824 63% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.994623655914 0% => OK
Article: 6.0 3.08781362007 194% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.51792114695 142% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 11.0 4.94265232975 223% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 20.6003584229 78% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.1344086022 114% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.0964850448 48.9658058833 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.75 100.406767564 115% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.5625 20.6045352989 114% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.375 5.45110844103 117% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 5.5376344086 144% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.85842293907 156% => 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: 0.21715178422 0.236089414692 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0774067178678 0.076458572812 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0631973685563 0.0737576698707 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.137109690051 0.150856017488 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0505225252225 0.0645574589148 78% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 11.7677419355 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 58.1214874552 97% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 10.1575268817 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.49 10.9000537634 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.63 8.01818996416 108% => OK
difficult_words: 92.0 86.8835125448 106% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.002688172 135% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.0537634409 111% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.247311828 137% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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