The well-being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority.
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.
As the world advances into the 21st Century, the well-being of a society assumes more and more importance in our concept of the development of a country in whole. Variables for how we measure social welfare has been discussed and argued throughout history, one of which is the extent to which a population questions authority. I strongly agree that it is the responsibility of all citizens to examine our government with scrutiny for the purpose of enhancing the utility of our society. I would like to use the following paragraphs to elucidate my standpoint, as well as provide examples and arguments from both sides of the statement.
Humans are known to be myopic and self-beneficial. As a result, it is not uncommon for the few in charge of a government to lose sight of the benefit for the society. While corrupted officials are the ones that should be held accountable for their actions, it bears no doubt that the citizens are the ones that should periodically ensure that the current government is on the right course. Examples of such are ubiquitous throughout history. The Qing Dynasty in China started off strong, with emperors truly benevolent and revered by the people. As time went on, the rulers relinquished their loving ways, and made choices against the welfare of the public. Under such a corruptive government, the people were galvanized to rebel and eventually overthrew the crown. This example clearly explains how it is only when society stand up and question authority that such deviation of policies and leadership from the well-being of the people can be maintained and enhanced.
Opponents to this statement often argue that it is easier for a society to function given a set of measures and policies set by the government. While it is certainly true that such a universe could ensure that deviants in the group do not harm the pre-existing welfare of the public, the opponents have failed to consider a multitude of other benefits that would disappear should people be bereft of their right to question the authority. Firstly, preventing or even prohibiting such scrutiny would imply that authority is aggregated only across a minority of people. As the saying goes, "power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts absolutely". It is almost impossible for any political figure who started off venerated to maintain their benevolence after seizing absolute power. Equally noteworthy is the key to enhance social welfare is for the public to be privy of what they desire, and what powers that may be gainsaying them such rights. Only by rising up to authority that have lost focus of the common good, and upbraiding those that are responsible, can a society truly maintain its colors and and sprinkle hues of improvement.
By way of conclusion I would like to reiterate the important role examining authority plays on the enhancement of social welfare. Leaders and rulers throughout history have been known to deviate from the course of improvement, and it requires a push in the right direction by none other than the people themselves. Scrutinizing authority can bear the fruits of the awareness of the requisites for enhancement, as well as set curbs to the deterioration of corruptive governments. It is my utmost belief that we can only truly become a better society if we make good use of our rights to question authority.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Equally,
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: and
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, firstly, if, may, so, well, while, no doubt, as a result, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.5258426966 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 33.0505617978 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 82.0 58.6224719101 140% => OK
Nominalization: 23.0 12.9106741573 178% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2821.0 2235.4752809 126% => OK
No of words: 560.0 442.535393258 127% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0375 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.8645985582 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.9188378095 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 280.0 215.323595506 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 897.3 704.065955056 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
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: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.7114319264 60.3974514979 96% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.541666667 118.986275619 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.3333333333 23.4991977007 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.125 5.21951772744 60% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.197197318933 0.243740707755 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0476118407749 0.0831039109588 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0468650057262 0.0758088955206 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.12629694069 0.150359130593 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0586526417405 0.0667264976115 88% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 14.1392134831 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.8420337079 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.25 12.1639044944 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.03 8.38706741573 108% => OK
difficult_words: 151.0 100.480337079 150% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => 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: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 Out of 6
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