In our time specialists of all kinds are highly overrated We need more generalists people who can provide broad perspectives

Essay topics:

“In our time, specialists of all kinds are highly overrated. We need more generalists—people who can
provide broad perspectives."

In this era of globalization, science and technology together with the rapid social change lead to a complex life where both the positive and negative effects among persons in our society call for a balance between specialists and generalists.
At present context, Specialist are necessary to gain an in-depth knowledge of a particular topic because information and knowledge are so vast and wide ranging that a single person is not enough to grab all the details of a particular topic. For instance, one might go to a general practitioner for checkup and the doctor can treat any kind of normal disease. However, when the usual way of treatment does not work or the medicine does not work the way it should, one need to meet a specialist who can determine the cause of the disease and prescribe accordingly. In case of a surgery, a general practitioner is inadequate. Therefore, the patient must go to a surgeon.
In the context of education a generalist is needed at an earlier stage of study, when a student start to learn language, science, history, math etc. A generalist can help to generate an overview among the student which in turn helps the student for their further study. But at a higher level of education when a student start to learn specific topics such as algebra, arithmetic, anatomy etc. a specialist is needed. A generalist is not sufficient to provide adequate teaching in those fields because a generalist is not taught specific details on those topics. In fact it is not possible to learn every details of a topic because of the abundance of knowledge. However, it was convenient in the past as there were few fields of study. But nowadays a generalist can always go to a specialist for any query.
On the other hand, over specialization may lead to vague conclusion. For example, a specialist of toe-nail might think the whole human body as white. Nobody will hope to determine the whole body by just seeing the toe-nail. Therefore a generalist is required to present a wholistic view. Again the narrow focus of a “specialist” approach can hamper an individual’s life by limiting one’s views. It can force a person to a pigeon hole at a very early stage of life, therefore compel one to view the world from a very tiny aspect. But a generalist and only a generalist can observe the world from a broader perspective and present solution of problems that can be impossible for a specialist to find out.
Because of the nature of the world, it is necessary to have both generalist and specialist in our society. With only the specialist, we might confine us to a narrow boundary and limit our advancement and with only generalist we will have difficulties to step up when intense or specific details are needed. Therefore, we need a balance of generalists and specialists.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 548, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this topic' or 'those topics'?
Suggestion: this topic; those topics
...alist is not taught specific details on those topic. In fact it is not possible to learn ev...
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Line 4, column 225, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Therefore,
...whole body by just seeing the toe-nail. Therefore a generalist is required to present a w...
^^^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, but, however, if, may, so, therefore, for example, for instance, in fact, kind of, such as, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 18.0 33.0505617978 54% => OK
Preposition: 73.0 58.6224719101 125% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2342.0 2235.4752809 105% => OK
No of words: 479.0 442.535393258 108% => OK
Chars per words: 4.88935281837 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.67825486995 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.01447931969 2.79657885939 108% => OK
Unique words: 233.0 215.323595506 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.48643006263 0.4932671777 99% => OK
syllable_count: 764.1 704.065955056 109% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 60.0488082729 60.3974514979 99% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.5833333333 118.986275619 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.9583333333 23.4991977007 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.08333333333 5.21951772744 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 14.0 4.83258426966 290% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.228821507147 0.243740707755 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0613956652203 0.0831039109588 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0554935168435 0.0758088955206 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.115442910701 0.150359130593 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0387673181481 0.0667264976115 58% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 14.1392134831 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.8420337079 107% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.08 12.1639044944 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.24 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 111.0 100.480337079 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 19.5 11.8971910112 164% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => 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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