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.
We live in a world that is filled with diverging societies who live, learn, and believe differently. Because of the diversity in the world, it is crucial to understand views that contradict our own rather than views that are in line with ours. Therefore, I disagree with the claim. Learning from other perspectives allows us to enhance our knowledge and easily approach multi-faceted scenarios in society. The reason behind the claim is true, however, only in the sense if we disagree with opposing views rather than learning.
With regards to the diverse world we live in, it is crucial to know how to communicate with others who have contradicting views. Whether it would be in school, the workforce, or even traveling to different countries, understanding the views of others will allow us to communicate more profoundly rather than increase stress and uncertainty. For instance, a colleague invites co-workers over for dinner on a Friday night, however disregards the religious backgrounds. While the colleague is aware of the religious differences of his or her own co-workers, the colleague fails to learn from their religious backgrounds. One co-worker may be Jewish and can only eat Kosher food, while the other co-worker is christian and cannot eat meat on a Friday for the passing of lent. Not knowing where others are coming from can create conflict and even stress. Therefore, if the colleague had learned other religious backgrounds, then it would have prevented stress at the dinner party.
Likewise, learning from other views that contradict our own can allow society to move forward in goals. For instance, in politics, opposing parties will never agree on the same issues. However, learning from each other can help achieve goals and future assets for the well-being of the nation. In our democratic and republican society, it is vital that both parties understand their opposing views, such as the notions on abortion. Abortion is a weighty topic where some members are pro-abortion and others are not. While both parties may not agree, it can help lead to understanding and how members can handle the situation when creating a law, which may be more feasible and in line with both views. Therefore, understanding opposing viewpoints can help achieve a silver lining when it comes to the benefit of society.
While the reason behind the claim is true, it is only true in the sense if the claim were to state that we can learn from opposing viewpoints rather than our own. Some may argue that we can learn more from similar viewpoints, which can ultimately enhance our understanding of our own beliefs. However, it impedes us from being able to enhance our knowledge in different scenarios, which causes us to develop parochial mindsets. Narrow mindsets will not allow us to understand how to tackle multifaceted issues of the world today. Therefore, understanding other viewpoints will prevent us from creating stress and avoid impedance in learning.
In conclusion, I disagree with the claim that we can only learn from similar viewpoints. It will impede open-mindedness and enhancement of our own knowledge on how to tackle diverging situations of the world.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 173, Rule ID: MASS_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'argues'.
Suggestion: argues
...iewpoints rather than our own. Some may argue that we can learn more from similar vie...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
however, if, likewise, may, so, then, therefore, well, while, for instance, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 23.0 12.4196629213 185% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 46.0 33.0505617978 139% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 70.0 58.6224719101 119% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2670.0 2235.4752809 119% => OK
No of words: 521.0 442.535393258 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.12476007678 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.77759609229 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83195081216 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 223.0 215.323595506 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.42802303263 0.4932671777 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 801.0 704.065955056 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.7577627445 60.3974514979 58% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 102.692307692 118.986275619 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0384615385 23.4991977007 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.76923076923 5.21951772744 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 5.13820224719 234% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.308916441923 0.243740707755 127% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0990883793099 0.0831039109588 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0852555506386 0.0758088955206 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.204462528579 0.150359130593 136% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0559118705557 0.0667264976115 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 14.1392134831 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.8420337079 122% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.42 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.02 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 112.0 100.480337079 111% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.