The main benefit of the study of history is to dispel the illusion that people living now are significantly different from people who lived in earlier times.
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.
Studying history provides us with an insight into the past. By doing so, it allows us to evaluate our own actions and compare them to those of the past. Despite the changes and advancements in society over time, history often repeats itself, implying that people living now are not drastically different than those living years ago. Thus, although dispelling the illusion that people now are significantly different from those of the past is a benefit of studying history, the main benefit of studying history is to understand how past events should guide our actions now to produce to better society.
First, although people living now are unquestionably different from those living in the past, material changes constitute a majority of the difference. For example, people in today's society have advanced technology, compared to those of the past. However, technological innovations are still under way. Just as Benjamin Franklin discovered and understood electricity years ago, today's society is discovering new types of solar energy. This is important to note because it elucidates the idea that although situations and society has changed, individuals are still inherently acting the same way. Although a major benefit of studying history, the main benefit goes furthers allows for discussion about how future mistakes can be avoided by looking to similar situations in the past.
Highlighting the similarities between the past and present is not enough, although it is definitely beneficial. Studying history also allows society to evaluate situations and their results in the past in order to better understand how to deal with situations today. For example, in today's political world, immigrants are being detained at the border without food, water, or adequate living arrangements. Stated bluntly, they are being treated as less than human. This can be comparable to the concentration camps during World War 2 in Nazi Germany. Studying history would suggest that we be kinder to people and avoid the type of catastrophe that happened in the past. Forming parallels between the past and present allows today's society to act for the better good, and not make the mistakes of the past. Thus, the main benefit of studying history is to use past behavior to guide and influence future actions.
Citing a more inclusive society, accepting of more races, ethnicities, and genders, some would argue that people today are drastically different from those of the past and this did not come about by observing past behaviors. However, the increasing levels of acceptance come from those who have studied history and are knowledgeable about what discrimination can do. Thus, although society may be different, it came about through understanding past processes and events. No one wanted to re-experience the days of heightened discrimination. People and events today are similar to those of the past, and it is important to draw similarities between the two in order to learn from the past and produce a better society, which is ultimately the main benefit of studying history.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 305, Rule ID: RATHER_THEN[2]
Message: Did you mean 'different 'from''? 'Different than' is often considered colloquial style.
Suggestion: from
...iving now are not drastically different than those living years ago. Thus, although ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, look, may, so, still, thus, for example
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 31.0 33.0505617978 94% => OK
Preposition: 90.0 58.6224719101 154% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2602.0 2235.4752809 116% => OK
No of words: 491.0 442.535393258 111% => OK
Chars per words: 5.29938900204 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.70728369723 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82902687341 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 227.0 215.323595506 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.462321792261 0.4932671777 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 819.0 704.065955056 116% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.0495325094 60.3974514979 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.130434783 118.986275619 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.347826087 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.82608695652 5.21951772744 54% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.21613157212 0.243740707755 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0657607161142 0.0831039109588 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0753384586078 0.0758088955206 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.155612854115 0.150359130593 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0643061485635 0.0667264976115 96% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.2 14.1392134831 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 48.8420337079 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.46 12.1639044944 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.51 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 119.0 100.480337079 118% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 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: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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