TPO-40 - Independent Writing Task Some parent offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark) they get in school Do you think this is a good idea?Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Without no doubt, some people would agree that offer school-age children money for each high grade they get is a good idea, while some others may consider the opposite point of view. As far as I am concerned, I firmly disagree with this statement. Award children with money every time they get a good mark, could confuse their mind about the important values in life.

First of all, parents that could go ahead with the practice of giving money to their child every time he or she gets a good mark, should be very a wealthy ones. Moreover, it would be complex to apply a different price to every mark in a fair way according with the effort applied or the difficulty of the course evaluated. For example, if the child is skilled in mathematics should be payed same amount for good grades in mathematics, than on other topic that result more difficult for him or her? The result of an unfair payment would provoke anxiety and frustration on the child.

Secondly, parents are teaching a important lesson to their children when they reward or punish them for their actions, but furthermore, the reward or punishment also is a lesson by itself. Consequently, when a child only receive money because good mark, he or she could learn that money is the most important value to achieve and forget other fundamental values, like discipline, responsibility and a loving relationship. To illustrate this idea I remember the time my children didn't want money but spent time with me as a present for Christmas.

Finally, is important to state that children have not a complete understanding of the money and what it represents. Many children would rather spend more time with their parents before having a big bank account. Thus, all the effort the parent could do by giving them money could not be appreciated. In this case, the frustration would be in both, parents and children. For instance, a boy of six or seven years old can not measure exactly what more than on hundred dollars could buy that he or she would like to have.

In summary, considering all the reasons exposed above, I indeed disagree with the statement proposed. I think is a mistake to give money to children for accomplish good mark at school.

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Average: 8 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 156, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'one'?
Suggestion: one
...s a good mark, should be very a wealthy ones. Moreover, it would be complex to apply...
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Line 3, column 233, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a fair way" with adverb for "fair"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...o apply a different price to every mark in a fair way according with the effort applied or th...
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Line 5, column 32, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...hild. Secondly, parents are teaching a important lesson to their children when...
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Line 5, column 479, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...is idea I remember the time my children didnt want money but spent time with me as a ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, finally, first, furthermore, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, thus, while, for example, for instance, i think, in summary, no doubt, first of all

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 15.1003584229 79% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 9.8082437276 163% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 13.8261648746 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.0286738351 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 37.0 43.0788530466 86% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 52.1666666667 86% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.0752688172 87% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1831.0 1977.66487455 93% => OK
No of words: 385.0 407.700716846 94% => OK
Chars per words: 4.75584415584 4.8611393121 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.4296068528 4.48103885553 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.5879698851 2.67179642975 97% => OK
Unique words: 205.0 212.727598566 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.532467532468 0.524837075471 101% => OK
syllable_count: 560.7 618.680645161 91% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 9.59856630824 52% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.994623655914 101% => OK
Article: 4.0 3.08781362007 130% => 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: 17.0 20.6003584229 83% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 22.0 20.1344086022 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.9355738953 48.9658058833 96% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.705882353 100.406767564 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.6470588235 20.6045352989 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.4705882353 5.45110844103 192% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.5376344086 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 11.8709677419 76% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.88709677419 20% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.291527041366 0.236089414692 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0964303345914 0.076458572812 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.085003200931 0.0737576698707 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.180835694926 0.150856017488 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.082723537601 0.0645574589148 128% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.3 11.7677419355 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 58.1214874552 99% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 10.1575268817 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.62 10.9000537634 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.64 8.01818996416 95% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 86.8835125448 82% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.002688172 90% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.0537634409 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.247311828 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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