The best way to teach — whether as an educator, employer, or parent — is to praise positive actions
and ignore negative ones.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In
developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or
examples that could be used to challenge your position.
Every person has the capacity to do both good and bad. For educators, employers, and parents, it can be
difficult to determine how best to deal with the people who partake in bad behaviour. Some people would
argue that it is better to highlight positive actions and refrain from giving any attention to the negative
ones. I largely agree with this position since often times negative action are carried out with the sole
intention of eliciting a response. Furthermore, I believe that it is more effective to use positive
reinforcement rather than negative reinforcement. However, when authority figures completely ignore bad
behaviour, it can send the message to others, that this kind of behaviour is, in fact, acceptable. Hence, I
believe that severely reprehensible behaviour should be swiftly addressed; while the more trivial negative
behaviour should be ignored.
Firstly, empirical evidence has shown that bad behaviour is often a cry for attention: be it a child who
lacks attention from his or her parents or even a student who is falling behind in class because of a lack of
support from his or her teachers. Hence, when parents or teachers acknowledge this type of behaviour,
even if it is in a negative way, the delinquent child or student has already won by gaining the attention
that they so crave--this can even create a positive feedback loop, where kids or even adults continue to
partake in this kind of negative behaviour to continue to receive the attention that they are lacking.
Therefore, it is in the best interests of educators, employers, and parents to ignore these negative actions
so that those who partake in them will learn that their negative actions will not elicit the attention that they
want.
Furthermore, the best way to teach is by using positive reinforcement rather than negative reinforcement:
the carrot, not the stick. In workplaces where positive reinforcement tactics are enforced, perhaps in the
form of bonuses or promotions, a more positive and creative ethos is being set by the employer; whereas,
workplaces where negative reinforcement tactics are enforced, be it a deduction in pay or public
reprehensions, a more negative and restrictive ethos is present. Positive reinforcement has proven to be far
more favorable to negative reinforcement in many cases. The United States has used positive
reinforcement in the form of foreign aid to countries in South America as incentivization to improve their
economy and prevent illegal immigrants from crossing over into the United States. This has been proven
more effective than some of the negative reinforcement tactics some presidential administrations have
used instead: withdrawing foreign aid or implementing economic sanctions towards forementioned
country. Thus, it can be seen that positive reinforcement not only elicits good behaviour from the other
side, but it also helps in maintaining a positive relationship going forward--one which is vital in the case
of student-teacher or parent-child relationships.
However, by blatantly ignoring all forms of negative behaviour, authority figures can send out the
message that this type of behaviour is acceptable; hence, it is a careful line that people in charge must
thread. Extremely bad behaviour such as illegal activities or actions that cause harm to others should not
be ignored and should be dealt with immediately. When this kind of behaviour goes unchecked, it often
festers into something much worse down the road. However, most people do not partake in extremely
negative behavior on a day-to-day basis but more so in more trivial ones. Hence, it is remains the case that
just ignoring most types of bad behavior is the best course of action for authority figures to set the best
example.
While authority figures such as teachers, parents, and employers have a tough job when it comes to
setting a good example, I believe that they can best do so by using positive reinforcement rather than
negative reinforcement. Not only does this create a more positive environment and foster a better
relationship between a mentor and mentee, but it also depletes the attention from which much of the bad
behavior is fueled by. However, while bad behaviour should not be sensationalized, it is important to
understand that it often stems from a place of hurt or pain and the root problems should also be addressed
in a way that does not dramatize the bad behaviour itself.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, furthermore, hence, however, if, so, therefore, thus, whereas, while, in fact, kind of, such as, in many cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 34.0 19.5258426966 174% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 27.0 14.8657303371 182% => OK
Relative clauses : 31.0 11.3162921348 274% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 62.0 33.0505617978 188% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 85.0 58.6224719101 145% => OK
Nominalization: 26.0 12.9106741573 201% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3806.0 2235.4752809 170% => OK
No of words: 719.0 442.535393258 162% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.29346314325 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.17824056563 4.55969084622 114% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.02052867269 2.79657885939 108% => OK
Unique words: 296.0 215.323595506 137% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.411682892907 0.4932671777 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1197.0 704.065955056 170% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 15.0 6.24550561798 240% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 29.0 23.0359550562 126% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 77.9499037844 60.3974514979 129% => OK
Chars per sentence: 158.583333333 118.986275619 133% => OK
Words per sentence: 29.9583333333 23.4991977007 127% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.70833333333 5.21951772744 109% => OK
Paragraphs: 44.0 4.97078651685 885% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 47.0 7.80617977528 602% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 14.0 5.13820224719 272% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.131266535648 0.243740707755 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0465554001475 0.0831039109588 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0318637452569 0.0758088955206 42% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0360255749454 0.150359130593 24% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0354521317841 0.0667264976115 53% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.5 14.1392134831 131% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 33.58 48.8420337079 69% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.8 12.1743820225 130% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.99 12.1639044944 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.15 8.38706741573 97% => OK
difficult_words: 140.0 100.480337079 139% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.6 11.2143820225 121% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.