Students should always question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
“Knowledge is the key to success.”
Although the above idiom is deep and meaningful, it still leaves out an important aspect. If given a chance, I would like to modify it as: “The key to success depends on how you perceive knowledge”. This whole idea revolves around the given prompt. I mostly agree with the prompt’s argument. Students should always question their knowledge to get a better understanding, which will be backed up by two reasons below.
Firstly, By not taking knowledge as it is taught to them, they have the chance to help them grow; to push boundaries. Almost nothing is certain in this world -- Centuries ago, The Earth was thought to be flat until someone questioned its validity and provided with a piece of better evidence that it is not. This was only achieved by questioning the once world-renowned fact. My perception is also backed up by the current education system. The education system is evolving every single day to keep up with the current competitive world. One of the key developments of this education system is the “Interactive Classrooms”. Especially in a developing country like India. This initiative of interactive classrooms will help the students acquire knowledge like never before. The whole idea of interactive classrooms is the lectures have to be like interactions, where the students and the lecturer can discuss the topic. According to recent studies, this process helps students to understand in depth about the discussed topic.
Secondly, just by accepting whatever that is been taught hinders the student’s curiosity. The most powerful ability a student could fathom is the curiosity, the common trite of all the successful people so far. Imagine, if Thomas Edison or Einstein, just inhaled whatever that has been taught to them blindly, would they have gained curiosity or without curiosity would they have accomplished whatever they have? This provides a strong example for my argument.
Although, One can argue that sometimes just acquiring the knowledge as it is, passively, yields more benefits than to be questioned. In some cases, they are right. Imagine a kid, who questions every single thing which is been taught to him. Even though this example could sound silly, this can affect the kid more psychological level which could also impact his character.
Finally, to conclude, Just by passively accepting whatever taught will hinder curiosity and creativity in students. To build a world full of Einsteins and Steve Jobs, it is necessary for students to question when needed.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, firstly, if, second, secondly, so, still, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 14.8657303371 47% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 55.0 58.6224719101 94% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 12.9106741573 70% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2181.0 2235.4752809 98% => OK
No of words: 413.0 442.535393258 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.2808716707 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.50803742585 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99994651714 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 237.0 215.323595506 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.573849878935 0.4932671777 116% => OK
syllable_count: 663.3 704.065955056 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 23.0359550562 69% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 42.1126869245 60.3974514979 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 87.24 118.986275619 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.52 23.4991977007 70% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.08 5.21951772744 59% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.182602446769 0.243740707755 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0467855393297 0.0831039109588 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0357556374975 0.0758088955206 47% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0827070819975 0.150359130593 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0419926613013 0.0667264976115 63% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.7 14.1392134831 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 48.8420337079 113% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.05 12.1639044944 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.6 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 100.480337079 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.2143820225 75% => 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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