"The best way for a society to prepare its young people for leadership in government, industry, or other fields is by instilling in them a sense of cooperation, not competition." - Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or dis

When a young child is brought up, there are numerous things he has to be taught, many of which are conflicting. While one has to learn how to be polite, he has to even be taught how to be adamant when it is so required. Where compassion for all human beings is to be taught, it is also required that the child be taught how to stay away from cons. Bringing up a child and preparing him to be a good leader is, thus, very challenging. There are numerous debates and discussions on whether a spirit of competition is more beneficial or a sense of cooperation is better. In my view, both these aspects are important for a well-balanced personality to develop. Where competition is required, it is equally important to learn how things can be done through cooperation.

In today's competitive world, it is not possible for all of us to make our mark. It is only those few who are motivated and capable enough that make a place for themselves in society. Such people finally become leaders in their own right and inspire millions. For such people, the motivation can come from any source. It could be an aspect of one's personality such as his sense of competition, compassion, altruism, self-confidence, charity, leadership, intelligence, passion, greed, jealousy, pride or anything else that could be the reason for his success. A true leader is the one who inspires people to become like him. For instance, if we were to choose a leader from the past, we would prefer Mahatma Gandhi to Hitler. Gandhi was compassionate where Hitler was one of the cruelest people ever. His pride and determination led to his success, though he could never win the hearts of people. Gandhi, on the other hand, was compassionate towards people. He spearheaded the Indian independence struggle while cooperating with people of different sections of society and became a true leader of masses and classes alike. He continues to inspire millions.

Cooperation among different nations is a major reason why humankind is surviving. Without exchanging our raw materials, human resources, food, medicines, technology, armies etc, it would not be possible for any country to sustain itself. Similarly, political parties can achieve a lot if they cooperate with each other for the betterment of the nation as a whole, though this is very difficult to achieve.

At the same time, it is equally important for a spirit of competition to remain alive. Great sportsmen insist on a compelling sense of competition for success. In fact, many sportsmen provoke themselves by some means or the other to develop a feeling of vengeance towards their competitors. Children perform much better if there is healthy competition in class. A bright student among mediocre classmates might never strive enough because of lack of competition and challenges. A student among those who are at par with him will strive to beat them and excel. This does not mean that such competitive students should not cooperate with each other. The challenge here is to teach children where the line is to be drawn. In the name of cooperation, one should not be cheated and for the sake of competition, one should not fill one's heart with contempt and vengeance.

It is not the sense of competition or cooperation that leaders require, but the judicious use of these aspects. Though it is difficult for these two qualities to co-exist, it is vital nonetheless. Healthy competition, wherever it exists leads to success and improvement. Unhealthy competition will always result in degradation, either of quality or of morals. We should thus teach our young people how to respect others, cooperate with them and compete for improvement of their own selves.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 343, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...om any source. It could be an aspect of ones personality such as his sense of compet...
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Line 10, column 827, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...ake of competition, one should not fill ones heart with contempt and vengeance. ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, if, nonetheless, similarly, so, thus, well, while, as to, for instance, in fact, such as, in my view, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 45.0 19.5258426966 230% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 53.0 33.0505617978 160% => OK
Preposition: 82.0 58.6224719101 140% => OK
Nominalization: 26.0 12.9106741573 201% => Less nominalization wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3086.0 2235.4752809 138% => OK
No of words: 620.0 442.535393258 140% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.97741935484 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.98996985923 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89874026247 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 302.0 215.323595506 140% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.487096774194 0.4932671777 99% => OK
syllable_count: 960.3 704.065955056 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 16.0 6.24550561798 256% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Interrogative: 3.0 0.740449438202 405% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 36.0 20.2370786517 178% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.5736028847 60.3974514979 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.7222222222 118.986275619 72% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.2222222222 23.4991977007 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.86111111111 5.21951772744 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 25.0 10.2758426966 243% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
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: 0.142467257047 0.243740707755 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0351748665213 0.0831039109588 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0265009362483 0.0758088955206 35% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0805185491894 0.150359130593 54% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0172746607908 0.0667264976115 26% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.6 14.1392134831 75% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 48.8420337079 128% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 12.1743820225 71% => Flesch kincaid grade is low.
coleman_liau_index: 11.31 12.1639044944 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.07 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 141.0 100.480337079 140% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => Gunning_fog is low.
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => The average readability is low. Need to imporve the language.
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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