The first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar.

Essay topics:

The first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar.

The topic raises a controversial issue of whether self-knowledge development happens outside of the boundaries of the person's familiar circle. In arguably, knowledge is to seek for the unknown, and in order to improve your knowledge, you have to eventually go beyond your familiarity. However, everyone's learning starts with knowing from their surroundings. Importance of everyone's root is beyond the question of judgement. Thus, I generally agree that everyone has to step out of their familiarity to gain knowledge, but also shouldn't underestimate their root, where they have come from.

To begin with, everyone in this world first gets to learn from their surroundings, and eventually, they all left their neighbourhood in search of the unknown. To illustrate this, every child starts their learning from their immediate parents, then their family members. And once they reach the right age, they were sent to school for learning from teachers and their classmates. Everyone has to leave their familiarity in order to quench their quest for knowledge.

Furthermore, if someone only thinks from the perspective that they won't be leaving or they won't be rejecting what they already know in order to learn and respect something new, they are missing out on something beautiful. As an example, before the time of Copernicus, the society wants to believe that Earth is the centre of the universe and everything goes around of it. When Copernicus showed them the truth, he was banished from the society. Every time, the truth is the hard one to get accepted widely. But, if the knowledge has its own ground to be valid, then it will get accepted, however unfamiliar it may be from the knowledge that currently possessed by the society.

Admittedly, one can't learn something new if they are not completing what they can know from their surroundings. If a child is sent to school too soon, then he/ she will have a tough time to catch up with the rest of the students. First things first, to obtain whatever the person could from their familiar territory of knowledge, then go beyond to learn something unique and beautiful.

To sum it up, one can't ignore the knowledge they have in their hand before delving into the world of unknown. However, if the person wants to break the barrier of currently known knowledge, they have to go for unknown. Ultimately, knowledge is the power upon which the whole advancement of mankind depends on.

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Average: 5.4 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 528, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: shouldn't
...familiarity to gain knowledge, but also shouldnt underestimate their root, where they ha...
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Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...ssed by the society. Admittedly, one cant learn something new if they are not com...
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Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...que and beautiful. To sum it up, one cant ignore the knowledge they have in their...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, furthermore, however, if, may, so, then, thus, as to, to begin with

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 19.5258426966 72% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 14.8657303371 61% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 45.0 33.0505617978 136% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 72.0 58.6224719101 123% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2040.0 2235.4752809 91% => OK
No of words: 405.0 442.535393258 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.03703703704 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.48604634366 4.55969084622 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74827792446 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 212.0 215.323595506 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.523456790123 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 604.8 704.065955056 86% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.5021912987 60.3974514979 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.0 118.986275619 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.25 23.4991977007 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.25 5.21951772744 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
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: 0.147679107116 0.243740707755 61% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0435753332369 0.0831039109588 52% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0565317197339 0.0758088955206 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0821902206595 0.150359130593 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0423316402184 0.0667264976115 63% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 14.1392134831 88% => 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: 11.95 12.1639044944 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.55 8.38706741573 90% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 100.480337079 75% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => 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: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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