Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
Scandals have been imminent in the society from times immemorial. A scandal represents any illegitimate or unethical behaviour or event that is unacceptable to the people of the society. Scandals often highlight certain issues which affect a large section of the society and are a matter of great concern. They not only bring out the weakness of a social system but also direct the attention of the society to areas which might have been overlooked in the course of civilization. Thus, I am in complete agreement with the case that scandals are important as they direct our attention to problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.
Scandals actually play a significant role in addressing issues which might have been overlooked by the reformers or the stalwarts of the social system. As a society progresses with the opening of new avenues for advancements, people often tend to overlook certain situations which might seem mundane and ordinary that it is felt that those situations do not need exegesis.
It is true that people learn from their mistakes. However pragmatic a society might be, unless confronted with the situation of a problem it doesn't tend to pay attention to it. In 1970s the Watergate scandal of the U.S. led to the resignation of the then President Richard Nixon. there was a break-in at the Watergate building, in Washington and the prowlers traced back to Nixon's re-election campaign. Even though it wasn't established that Nixon had a prior knowledge about the espionage but later he did try to cover it up, which eventually led to his resignation. This event increased the level of scrutiny and accountability for the positions held by the public offices and thus changed the way the system operates. If the scandal had not occurred there are chances that the political systems might have continued their practice of misappropriation. Similarly the Clinton-Gore scandal led to a renewed call for campaign finance reform.
When a scandal breaks out it affects a large section of the people. Thus finding a solution to it becomes all the more difficult and necessary at the same time to restore law and order in that situation. Reformers and Speakers often yield solutions to problems that might be hypothetical, but when a scandal breaks out the leaders actually struggle to find a breakthrough to resolve the issue. Scandals and existing problems are useful for us in a way since they help in focusing our attention more towards the problems and its solution. In India, there was a food grain scam in the state of Uttar Pradesh where in food grains worth rupees 35000 crore meant for distribution to people living below poverty line was sold in open market. More recently the coal gate scam where in coal blocks meant for auctioning were allocated to influential people signifies how corruption has strongly gnawed into the very assets of the social system. However if these issues had not assumed the form of a scam it's quite unlikely that such issues like allocation of resources might have been a cause of concern for the people. On the contrary people might have assumed that the working for the society is perfectly utilitarian not paying any heed to such issues.
Thus is becomes evident how scandals play a pivotal role in addressing certain significant issues of the society. It is the responsibility of the society to bring out the best of such situations so that the society grows stronger. A scandal might be seen as a malaise but what is more important is the lesson it driver home. Scandals reveal the weakness of a social system, but at the same time the society must bear the onus of such weakness and strive towards extricating itself from the realms of such issues and emerge as a stronger entity. only then can the civilization progress.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, however, if, look, similarly, so, then, thus, it is true, on the contrary, what is more
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 14.8657303371 141% => OK
Relative clauses : 22.0 11.3162921348 194% => OK
Pronoun: 40.0 33.0505617978 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 84.0 58.6224719101 143% => OK
Nominalization: 21.0 12.9106741573 163% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3171.0 2235.4752809 142% => OK
No of words: 643.0 442.535393258 145% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.93157076205 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.03561760524 4.55969084622 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72902967539 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 305.0 215.323595506 142% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.47433903577 0.4932671777 96% => OK
syllable_count: 984.6 704.065955056 140% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.5012889191 60.3974514979 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.25 118.986275619 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.9642857143 23.4991977007 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.85714285714 5.21951772744 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 10.0 7.80617977528 128% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 16.0 5.13820224719 311% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.178209008204 0.243740707755 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0506802912496 0.0831039109588 61% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0682193780565 0.0758088955206 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.110358842142 0.150359130593 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0609466141493 0.0667264976115 91% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 14.1392134831 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.61 12.1639044944 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.44 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 151.0 100.480337079 150% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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