The first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position
Self-knowledge and the propensity for achieving it keeps a person afloat with the incidents and the overall picture of the present world. The first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar. I do not agree with this statement since inorder to achieve self-knowledge, it is not necessary to reject what is familiar. The paragraphs below provide the reasoning behind my position.
Knowledge is a piece of information that we acquire when we are familiar with something that is already preexisting. It is not necessary to reject the preexisting familiarity with information inorder to attain self-knowledge. It can be true that the knowledge we are familiar with can help as a stepping stone to gain further insights into a specific domain. For example, a curious chemistry student, who has recently learnt the periodic table for elements can go on internet to learn more about the noble elements present in the world. The periodic table is a piece of information that the student is familiar with, and he uses it as a stepping stone towards gaining self-knowledge. Rejection of familiar information is not always the go-to step for gaining self-knowledge.
Newspapers, blogs, online content are excellent sources of self-knowledge for the genration that exsists today. A recent economic graduate can access these online blogs or read the newspapers to gain some knowledge about the global economy, the national economy of his country and some other aspects that he was not exposed to during his tenure as a graduate student. This information is out there for the world to access it. And interested individuals can do so as a daily practice so that they gain valuable insights about their field of interest. This again suggests that refuting familiar information is not the right approach towards gaining self-knowledge. Rather, it is a better approach to habituate oneself with the trends of different news outlets so that a person can know where to look for information whenever it be necessary.
People can argue that when you reject the familiar, you strive for something that is undiscovered and that is out there to be discovered. It is true that such an approach brings about a sense of encouragement to the individual to yearn for self-knowledge. But it cannot be the case always. There are ample solutions and supporting evidences out there which prove that something familiar we know is sometimes really hard to refute or reject while striving for self-knowledge. Though, it is never a bad approach to build upon familiar knowledge and look to gain something new out of it.
In sum, I would still deny the statement that first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar. On the contrary, familiar can most of the times aid as the base for self-knowledge to build upon.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 827, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'is'?
Suggestion: is
...ere to look for information whenever it be necessary. People can argue that whe...
^^
Line 7, column 283, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[3]
Message: The adverb 'always' is usually not used at the end of a sentence.
...lf-knowledge. But it cannot be the case always. There are ample solutions and supporti...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, if, look, really, so, still, while, for example, it is true, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.5258426966 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 33.0505617978 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 59.0 58.6224719101 101% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2345.0 2235.4752809 105% => OK
No of words: 462.0 442.535393258 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.07575757576 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.63618218583 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.06926483249 2.79657885939 110% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 215.323595506 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.454545454545 0.4932671777 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 730.8 704.065955056 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => 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: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.8602071806 60.3974514979 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.956521739 118.986275619 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0869565217 23.4991977007 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.82608695652 5.21951772744 73% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => 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: 0.247040575074 0.243740707755 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0882496517862 0.0831039109588 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0701777751513 0.0758088955206 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.162138517881 0.150359130593 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0534836444087 0.0667264976115 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 14.1392134831 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.18 12.1639044944 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.88 8.38706741573 94% => OK
difficult_words: 95.0 100.480337079 95% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 827, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'is'?
Suggestion: is
...ere to look for information whenever it be necessary. People can argue that whe...
^^
Line 7, column 283, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[3]
Message: The adverb 'always' is usually not used at the end of a sentence.
...lf-knowledge. But it cannot be the case always. There are ample solutions and supporti...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, if, look, really, so, still, while, for example, it is true, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.5258426966 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 33.0505617978 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 59.0 58.6224719101 101% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2345.0 2235.4752809 105% => OK
No of words: 462.0 442.535393258 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.07575757576 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.63618218583 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.06926483249 2.79657885939 110% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 215.323595506 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.454545454545 0.4932671777 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 730.8 704.065955056 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => 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: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.8602071806 60.3974514979 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.956521739 118.986275619 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0869565217 23.4991977007 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.82608695652 5.21951772744 73% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => 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: 0.247040575074 0.243740707755 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0882496517862 0.0831039109588 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0701777751513 0.0758088955206 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.162138517881 0.150359130593 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0534836444087 0.0667264976115 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 14.1392134831 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.18 12.1639044944 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.88 8.38706741573 94% => OK
difficult_words: 95.0 100.480337079 95% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 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.