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 positio | TOEFL IELTS GMAT GRE SAT ACT PTE ESL

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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.

Children at a rudimentary age need to swayed in the right direction so that they grow up to become responsible and ideal humans. It is not just the children that need to be taught, it is also the people at work, generally recent college graduates who might by reserved when they work for the first time. The best way to teach - whether as an educator, employer, or a parent - is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones. I disagree with this statement, owing to the fact that such a statement is too extreme. It is not an ideal approach to ignore negative actions, because in my opinion these are the instances that are of utmost importance when it come to teaching. On the basis of a few examples, I will explain in brief, the reasoning behind my position in the paragraphs below.

Be it teachers at school or parents at home, they take immense pride when a kid excels in a particular assignment or an extra-curricular activity. It is understandable that kids should be praised for the same, but if a kid commits a mistake, he should be admonished for the action he committed. For example, kids on a playground are often involved in minor altercations, in some instances, a kid hits another kid. Such an action should be dealt with by the teacher or by the parents. If such an action is ignored, the culprit will grow up thinking that hitting people is not an offense, and is the right thing to do if someone opposes you. No parent would want his child to grow up with such a mindset. Hence, if the negative actions by the kids are pointed out and resolved at that very moment it occurred, it will help the kid develop into a better human-being.

At work, recent graduates are often guilty of committing minor mistakes owing to their lack of experience. Such cases are commonplace and often ignore a project leader on the grounds that these freshers are learning how the company works. Such minor mistakes can have a catastrophic impact on the company if they exacerbate into something major. Project leaders are often known to shower praises on the positive actions of their team members, but that does not mean that negative actions are ignored. Suppose a small error occurs in a computer program made by a new recruit, it is ideal to point out his mistake so that the same mistake does not occur again. The mistake made by the new recruit may seem benign but can transform into something major in the later stages of project. Hence, it is ideal to point out mistakes so that subordinates learn from them.

Proponents of the above claim might argue that pointing out negative actions may hamper the confidence of the person who is learning. I disagree with such a statement. On the contrary, pointing out mistakes result in a better learning experience. It is often said that people will forget the thousand good deeds performed by a person, but will always remember the wrong actions of a person, even if they are infinitesimal. Why should we let people deride our status by pointing out mistakes that were easily avoidable had we corrected them while we were being taught? Hence, it is ideal that negative actions should be brought the notice of the individual who committed it, in order to make him learn the ill-effects of committing them.

In sum, I disagree with the statement that the best way to teach - whether as an educator, employer, or a parent - is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones. It is always ideal to have a good balance between praising positive actions and condemning negative ones.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 661, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'comes'?
Suggestion: comes
...s that are of utmost importance when it come to teaching. On the basis of a few exam...
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Line 5, column 563, Rule ID: NEW_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'recruit'.
Suggestion: recruit
... occurs in a computer program made by a new recruit, it is ideal to point out his mistake s...
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Line 5, column 684, Rule ID: NEW_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'recruit'.
Suggestion: recruit
...ot occur again. The mistake made by the new recruit may seem benign but can transform into ...
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Line 7, column 236, Rule ID: AFFORD_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to experience'
Suggestion: to experience
...ut mistakes result in a better learning experience. It is often said that people will forg...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, if, may, so, while, for example, in brief, in my opinion, on the contrary

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 36.0 19.5258426966 184% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 19.0 12.4196629213 153% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 23.0 11.3162921348 203% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 60.0 33.0505617978 182% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 83.0 58.6224719101 142% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2922.0 2235.4752809 131% => OK
No of words: 622.0 442.535393258 141% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.69774919614 5.05705443957 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.99398916966 4.55969084622 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63056701494 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 277.0 215.323595506 129% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.445337620579 0.4932671777 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 927.0 704.065955056 132% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 16.0 6.24550561798 256% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.8003438316 60.3974514979 61% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.357142857 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2142857143 23.4991977007 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.5 5.21951772744 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
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: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.199218899787 0.243740707755 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0633037640578 0.0831039109588 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0913465263767 0.0758088955206 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.13908328487 0.150359130593 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0973705338023 0.0667264976115 146% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 14.1392134831 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.98 12.1639044944 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.8 8.38706741573 93% => OK
difficult_words: 121.0 100.480337079 120% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, if, may, so, while, for example, in brief, in my opinion, on the contrary

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