Claim: We can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than from those whose views contradict our own.
Reason: Disagreement can cause stress and inhibit learning.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.
Interacting with humans who share different beliefs than one’s known can be intellectually stimulating. One who possesses thoughts such as the one expressed in the claim is likely to stick in their very own bubble, leaving no room for growth and debate.
It is true that disagreement can cause stress, however that will not necessarily inhibit an individual’s ability to learn. In fact, debating and arguing will enable the person to take in a different belief, a different perspective, all the while diminishing that person’s ignorance. For example, take a debate between a religious person who does not believe in evolution, and a non-religious person who does believe in evolution. It is true that at some point, the debate may cause discomfort for both individuals. However, it is likely that the non-religious person will gain insight into the other person’s religion, and potentially understand a little more about that faith and spirituality. Likewise, the religious person may learn new things about Darwinism that he/she may have not taken into consideration before. Both people may leave the debate feeling extremely irritated, yet they will most likely have new information to think about and dwell on. Even if they do not necessarily agree with that information, it is still important that they are aware of and acknowledge another person’s perspective on things. Additionally, an ideal situation would have both people find a common ground and agree that religion and science can in fact co-exist.
If one were to limit themselves to only interact with others who share the same views, it is likely that the person will acquire very little knowledge about the world. The world is ever-changing, and contradictions will always arise. One who thinks veganism is the correct lifestyle to live will learn nothing by surrounding him/herself with only vegans. That person most likely knows a lot about veganism already, hence it would be more intellectually stimulating to sit with meat eaters and understand why they eat the way they do.
It is also important to note that stress does not inhibit learning, in most cases. If that reason were true, then most educational institutions would be inhibiting their students’ learning. In fact, schools and universities are never void of stress. Examinations, oral presentations, and quizzes are all examples of stressful situations that are meant to challenge the student. If the students were not faced with stressful situations, they would not be able to survive in a world that is consistently throwing challenges their way. Hence, interacting with individuals who possess different beliefs will lead to stress, but that stress is necessary for the person’s growth and adaptation in this world.
In order for a person to grow intellectually, it is essential for him/her to interact with others who share different views. Although that interaction may lead to stress, stress is a vital force that leads to growth and adaptation.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, however, if, likewise, may, so, still, then, well, while, for example, in fact, such as, in most cases, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 20.0 12.4196629213 161% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 27.0 11.3162921348 239% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 44.0 33.0505617978 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 52.0 58.6224719101 89% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2548.0 2235.4752809 114% => OK
No of words: 480.0 442.535393258 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.30833333333 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.68069463864 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.09791316409 2.79657885939 111% => OK
Unique words: 239.0 215.323595506 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.497916666667 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 778.5 704.065955056 111% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.5913764836 60.3974514979 57% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 110.782608696 118.986275619 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8695652174 23.4991977007 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.73913043478 5.21951772744 110% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0946243624176 0.243740707755 39% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0347783740978 0.0831039109588 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0369410019362 0.0758088955206 49% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0550913855837 0.150359130593 37% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0186662170987 0.0667264976115 28% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 14.1392134831 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.52 12.1639044944 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.15 8.38706741573 97% => OK
difficult_words: 107.0 100.480337079 106% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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