TPO 01 Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement At universities and colleges sports and social activities are just as important as classes and libraries and should receive equal financial support Use specific reaso

While some people prioritize academic infrastructure like classes and libraries compared to those catering to sports and social activities, in my opinion, I believe that the latter is equally important and should receive equal financial support. This is because of two reasons, which I will explore in the subsequent paragraphs.

First of all, most sporting activities today require rigorous physical exercise, which not only helps us to stay in shape but is also instrumental in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Routine physical exercise helps keep at bay certain chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Furthermore, maintaining a healthy lifestyle also aids in improving academic skills. Therefore engaging in sports should be encouraged at universities and colleges, since these places contribute immensely to the character and personality development of individuals. Drawing from my own experience, I remember during my years at college I proactively participated in inter-department football games. Eventually, I could see my overall health improving a lot. Consequently, I fell ill less often and I could focus more on my academics. This helped me improve my grades over the years.

Secondly, social activities and sports teach us valuable interpersonal skills. Because both of these rely entirely on team-work, we learn to value the contribution of each member of the team. Furthermore, while working in teams, we learn to rise above personal difference and work towards a common goal. During my final year at college, I volunteered for a charity drive where both students and faculty donated clothes and food, and these were then distributed amongst the underprivileged children residing in the outskirts of the city. I learnt several skills ranging from scheduling to conflict-resolution, during my time as a volunteer. Working in a professional environment, I find these skills pertinent even today in our day-to-day tasks.

Universities and colleges are the stepping stones for students before they go out to confront the real world. While academic measure are able to assess a student's knowledge and expertise relevant to the subject of his study, there are still no conclusive way to evaluate his or her social skills. It is therefore, through sports and social activities, that the idea of healthy lifestyle and interpersonal skills such as team-work, needs to be developed.

In conclusion, I believe that sports and social activities are just as important as classes and libraries because they help us to prioritize our health and also learn skills that are very important as we go forward in life. Thus they should receive financial support and funding concomitant to those received by classes and libraries.

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Average: 8.3 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: Therefore,
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Suggestion: Thus,
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, first, furthermore, if, second, secondly, so, still, then, therefore, thus, while, in conclusion, such as, first of all, in my opinion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 15.1003584229 79% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 9.8082437276 61% => OK
Conjunction : 23.0 13.8261648746 166% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.0286738351 63% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 47.0 43.0788530466 109% => OK
Preposition: 56.0 52.1666666667 107% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.0752688172 87% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2318.0 1977.66487455 117% => OK
No of words: 426.0 407.700716846 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.44131455399 4.8611393121 112% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.54310108192 4.48103885553 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.15505183644 2.67179642975 118% => OK
Unique words: 242.0 212.727598566 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.568075117371 0.524837075471 108% => OK
syllable_count: 732.6 618.680645161 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.51630824373 112% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 9.59856630824 146% => OK
Article: 0.0 3.08781362007 0% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.51792114695 142% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.94265232975 121% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.6003584229 102% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.1344086022 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.627357314 48.9658058833 116% => OK
Chars per sentence: 110.380952381 100.406767564 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2857142857 20.6045352989 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.57142857143 5.45110844103 139% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 11.8709677419 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.85842293907 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.88709677419 102% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.187840442426 0.236089414692 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0496112333331 0.076458572812 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0680748068692 0.0737576698707 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.123151572475 0.150856017488 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0820599468388 0.0645574589148 127% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 11.7677419355 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 58.1214874552 74% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 10.1575268817 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.27 10.9000537634 131% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.85 8.01818996416 110% => OK
difficult_words: 114.0 86.8835125448 131% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.002688172 115% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.0537634409 99% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.0 Out of 30
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