The first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar.
I agree with the recommendation given in the prompt that the first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar. Every human being that wants to be self reliant and be able to think on their own without much outside knowledge influence must be able to do away with what they are familiar with. Been over reliant with what you are comfortable with impedes growth. I will be agreeing this prompt with three main points and these points are as stated below.
Firstly, with the advent of internet, people now tends to have access to resources in a click of seconds by searching about the information online which has made knowledge acquisition much more easier for people. Someone that is familiar with a particular topic can leverage on the internet to get more knowledge and increase his/her knowledge base. A person that thinks he is comfortable with what he knows will never grow and the knowledge base of the person will be minimal and his/her approach to issues will also be very minimal. The person must be able to do away with familiar knowledge. For instance, I have always been comfortable using the typewriter to type my assignments but with the advent of the computer, I had to learn the use of Word processors like Microsoft Word to use in the typing of my assignments, if I had got hooked with the typewriter, i would not be able to increase my knowledge base and which would be detrimental to my self-knowledge acquisition.
Secondly, as human being, we must learn to discard with outdated knowledge, we must be able to acquire new knowledge and increase our knowledge base. Over familiarity with a field impedes growth. We must learn to reject the things we are familiar with and embrace what we are not familiar with which would allow us to grow in knowledge. For instance, I used to be very good in Visual Basic programming language, I have used this to develop software for clients but these days, people tend not to use the language again, if I had over relied on the Visual Basic language and not learn new languages like C#, java and Python, I would not be up-to-date with the happenings in the tech field. So my been able to reject familiarity with a programming language has made me to acquire new languages and also allows me to gain self-knowledge in the new languages.
Furthermore, as a human being, our over reliant on other people for sustenance or survival tends to impede our self-knowledge. Some people will not assist you no matter the situation you are. It is imperative as human being to try to do away with what we are familiar with, embrace new challenges and acquire new skills. This will also make the thinking ability as human being to be increased. For instance, I used to know how to ride bicycle very well, but upon getting a new job at a far place from home which will make riding bicycle to work very difficult for me, I had to use YouTube first to learn the basics of driving a car after securing a loan to buy my first vehicle. Using the YouTube for this reduced my number of hours i would have needed to pay for an instructor to teach me how to drive. Knowing how to drive helped me to reduce my cost of transporting from one place to another and also not relying on trains to pick me up which made me more efficient and resourceful at my place of work,
I know that some will disagree with my points stated above and counter it with the fact that I can always rely on other peoples knowledge but for how long will that be? How long do I have to be dependent on a knowledge that I have acquired for long and which may not be of relevance to modern day technologies?. We must learn to reject or reduce dependence on any familiar knowledge as it impedes growth and embrace the acquisition of new knowledge and this will in turn help to actualize self-knowledge in the long run.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 379, Rule ID: PROGRESSIVE_VERBS[1]
Message: This verb is normally not used in the progressive form. Try a simple form instead.
...comfortable with impedes growth. I will be agreeing this prompt with three main points and ...
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Line 3, column 190, Rule ID: MOST_COMPARATIVE[2]
Message: Use only 'easier' (without 'more') when you use the comparative.
Suggestion: easier
...ich has made knowledge acquisition much more easier for people. Someone that is familiar wi...
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Line 3, column 865, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...f I had got hooked with the typewriter, i would not be able to increase my knowle...
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Line 7, column 734, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...ube for this reduced my number of hours i would have needed to pay for an instruc...
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Line 9, column 208, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[2]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'knowledge'.
Suggestion: knowledge
...? How long do I have to be dependent on a knowledge that I have acquired for long and which...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, furthermore, if, may, second, secondly, so, well, for instance
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 35.0 19.5258426966 179% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 24.0 12.4196629213 193% => OK
Conjunction : 24.0 14.8657303371 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 74.0 33.0505617978 224% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 118.0 58.6224719101 201% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3147.0 2235.4752809 141% => OK
No of words: 693.0 442.535393258 157% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.54112554113 5.05705443957 90% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.13077900149 4.55969084622 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64848360628 2.79657885939 95% => OK
Unique words: 272.0 215.323595506 126% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.392496392496 0.4932671777 80% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1002.6 704.065955056 142% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59117977528 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 18.0 6.24550561798 288% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 30.0 23.0359550562 130% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 96.1193728518 60.3974514979 159% => OK
Chars per sentence: 136.826086957 118.986275619 115% => OK
Words per sentence: 30.1304347826 23.4991977007 128% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.86956521739 5.21951772744 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 10.2758426966 175% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.227794483671 0.243740707755 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0944643580437 0.0831039109588 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.133176918867 0.0758088955206 176% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.157346087493 0.150359130593 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0607374341862 0.0667264976115 91% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.0 14.1392134831 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.95 48.8420337079 119% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 12.1743820225 103% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.64 12.1639044944 79% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.74 8.38706741573 92% => OK
difficult_words: 115.0 100.480337079 114% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.0 11.2143820225 125% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => 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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