Some people think that a sense of competition in children should be encouraged Others believe that children who are taught to cooperate rather than compete become more useful adults Discuss both these views and give your own opinion

Nowadays, it is widely argued what is the most appropriate values that should be taught to children, to facilitate them as they grow up to become useful members of society. Some people believe that children should be encouraged to compete and to constantly strive to be the best at whatever they do, while others hold the opinion that young people should be educated to work better with others, and as members of large groups. I personally believe that the most important skill for people growing up is to have a sense of competition for the reasons that I mention below.

There are, however, those who believe that it is a priority for the newest members of our society to learn to peacefully co-exist with others and work efficiently with them. Let us not forget that, despite our national identities, we are citizens of the world, and our communities are to a large extent multicultural. For that reason, some consider that it is imperative for kids to learn from a very young state to co-operate with other children of different nationality, religion et.c... In England, for instance, there are a lot of projects running in schools that give young people the opportunity to be a part of a large project, such as painting the walls of public buildings and as result co-operate with a lot of people of different backgrounds simultaneously.

A different view, and one that I personally favor, suggests that, although it is very important for children to cultivate team spirit, is at the same time imperative to be encouraged to compete. In today’s world, we always strive for improvements. For example, in the field of technology, there are constantly new applications or gadgets invented. Steve Jobs, in his recent interview, said publicly that, in order to succeed in any field, of course, you need to be mentally curious, but at the same time you are required to be on top of what you do, and always pursue and further-develop your craft. Being competitive does not mean that you despise other people or that you are necessarily self-absorbed or socially distanced. It merely indicates that constantly demand and expect from yourself more.

To sum up, in my opinion, our society will benefit a lot, should it encourages children from a young age to compete.

Votes
Average: 7.3 (1 vote)

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, so, while, for example, for instance, of course, such as, in my opinion, to sum up

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 13.1623246493 175% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 10.4138276553 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 7.30460921844 233% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 46.0 24.0651302605 191% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 60.0 41.998997996 143% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.3376753507 36% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1890.0 1615.20841683 117% => OK
No of words: 385.0 315.596192385 122% => OK
Chars per words: 4.90909090909 5.12529762239 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.4296068528 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.85891798457 2.80592935109 102% => OK
Unique words: 196.0 176.041082164 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.509090909091 0.561755894193 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 595.8 506.74238477 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 0.809619238477 618% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 10.0 4.76152304609 210% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 20.2975951904 133% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 64.6990284758 49.4020404114 131% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.0 106.682146367 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.5 20.7667163134 132% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.14285714286 7.06120827912 101% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.2568297407 0.244688304435 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.08154903966 0.084324248473 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0712725385849 0.0667982634062 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.158207886381 0.151304729494 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0837030300946 0.056905535591 147% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.4 13.0946893788 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 50.2224549098 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.49 12.4159519038 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.46 8.58950901804 98% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 78.4519038076 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 18.5 9.78957915832 189% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.1190380762 126% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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