TPO-41 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Teachers were more appreciated and valued by society in the past than they are nowadays.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

A glance at the people's attitude towards teachers brings to light a question that has several times provoked discussion, that is, whether teachers gain more appreciation today than they are in the past. Some might contend that teachers do not contribute substantially economic benefits to society as whole and there are more knowledgeable people in society, teachers are not as appreciated and valued than before. However, I would like to suggest that people's respect for teacher remains the same in modern society, and this can be attributed to traditions and teachers indispensable role in society.

First and foremost, it has long been a tradition for people to respect and appreciate teachers. Particularly, in my country, China, where most people have been farmers for the past thousands years, erudite people are generally valued, and teachers are one of them. Even the emperors in ancient dynasties, for instance, respect and appreciate their teachers by giving them high social status and consulting them on important decisions to be made when governing the country. The appreciation for teachers can also be illustrated by a highly regarded Teachers' Day in China. On that special day, students articulate their respect, appreciation and even love to their teachers through various ways. So the respect for teachers is inherited as an old tradition in some cultures.

Secondly, though teachers as a whole cannot make significant contribution to economy and thus seem to be less valued in modern society where economic success is pursued, teachers shoulder the responsibility for educating the next generation, having an irreplaceable role in society. It is undeniable that knowledge enables people to move upward on social ladders, and many people are clearly aware of this reality. As a result, they attach great importance to the education on the next generation. In this way, teachers are appreciated and valued because of their constructive role in the growth of youngsters.

Admittedly, there are some justifications by those who claim that teachers are less appreciated and valued than before as the intellect level of society rises. There are so many talented people like scientists, and teachers only stick to textbooks and hardly innovate in their career. Nonetheless, I still affirm that the appreciation for teachers has not faded, as they form the cornerstone of an educated public by bring knowledge to them.

Due to the aforementioned ground, I firmly believe that teachers enjoy the same appreciation and respect as before, and a strong tradition in doing so and their unique role in educating the next generation are two prime and conspicuous reasons.

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Average: 9.2 (3 votes)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 17, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'peoples'' or 'people's'?
Suggestion: peoples'; people's
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, nonetheless, second, secondly, so, still, thus, for instance, as a result

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 15.1003584229 139% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 9.8082437276 51% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 13.8261648746 145% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.0286738351 118% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 43.0788530466 74% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 52.1666666667 100% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 8.0752688172 198% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2263.0 1977.66487455 114% => OK
No of words: 425.0 407.700716846 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.32470588235 4.8611393121 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.54043259262 4.48103885553 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95016602665 2.67179642975 110% => OK
Unique words: 215.0 212.727598566 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.505882352941 0.524837075471 96% => OK
syllable_count: 706.5 618.680645161 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.51630824373 112% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 9.59856630824 73% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.994623655914 101% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.86738351254 268% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.94265232975 61% => 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: 25.0 20.1344086022 124% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 57.2961709984 48.9658058833 117% => OK
Chars per sentence: 133.117647059 100.406767564 133% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.0 20.6045352989 121% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.11764705882 5.45110844103 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.5376344086 18% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 11.8709677419 143% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 3.85842293907 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.88709677419 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.168768835371 0.236089414692 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0678764299725 0.076458572812 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0494584578833 0.0737576698707 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.109933621942 0.150856017488 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0453826447769 0.0645574589148 70% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.1 11.7677419355 137% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.64 58.1214874552 65% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 6.10430107527 183% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 10.1575268817 140% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.87 10.9000537634 127% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.93 8.01818996416 111% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 86.8835125448 125% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.002688172 145% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.0537634409 119% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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