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 and there are more knowledgeable people in society, so teachers are not as appreciated and valued as 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 traditional cultures 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 of years, erudite people were generally valued, and teachers were one of them. Even the emperors in ancient dynasties, for instance, respected and appreciated 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 the highly regarded Teachers' Day in China. On that day, students articulate their respect, appreciation and even love to their teachers through various ways. So, the respect for teachers is inherited to today's society as an old tradition.

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 at present, 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 bringing 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 for doing so, as well as their unique role in educating the next generation are two prime and conspicuous reasons.

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Average: 7.6 (1 vote)
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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, well, for instance, as a result, as well as

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 : 19.0 13.8261648746 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.0286738351 118% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 43.0788530466 74% => OK
Preposition: 53.0 52.1666666667 102% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 8.0752688172 198% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2289.0 1977.66487455 116% => OK
No of words: 429.0 407.700716846 105% => OK
Chars per words: 5.33566433566 4.8611393121 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.55107846309 4.48103885553 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95963869535 2.67179642975 111% => OK
Unique words: 221.0 212.727598566 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.515151515152 0.524837075471 98% => OK
syllable_count: 713.7 618.680645161 115% => 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: 3.0 3.08781362007 97% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.51792114695 114% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.86738351254 268% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.94265232975 81% => 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: 58.0177159437 48.9658058833 118% => OK
Chars per sentence: 134.647058824 100.406767564 134% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.2352941176 20.6045352989 122% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.17647058824 5.45110844103 132% => 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: 0.175524600995 0.236089414692 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0704885578331 0.076458572812 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0449396920972 0.0737576698707 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.111669421339 0.150856017488 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.040164483644 0.0645574589148 62% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 11.7677419355 139% => 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: 13.99 10.9000537634 128% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.04 8.01818996416 113% => OK
difficult_words: 113.0 86.8835125448 130% => 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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