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First step towards self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar

Relating a concept to something familiar has always been a way of gaining knowledge. It always helps an individual to relate to something that is not unprecedented and thus that concept is more lucid for the individual. The prompt states that rejection of familiar is the first step towards self knowledge. I mostly agree with the statement as familiarity always impedes the learning process for the following two reasons.

Firstly, having familiarity always corrupts one's thought while learning something new as they constantly try to compare it with what they have encountered previously. For example, if you have played a game previously then you tend to have some reminiscence of the game but after a long time when you try to play it again, it strikes you as very absurd because you don't remember the rules, the logic, the motive or the aspect of the game anymore. But as you are understanding the game again with someone teaching and you start to remember the bits and pieces of the game and you start comparing it and start questioning the method because someone has a different methon. The famous example can be of the card game UNO, the biggest confusion everyone faces is that does a draw two goes on draw four, some argue it does as the way they have played it for the first time the group followed a different set of rules. This utterly relates and corroborate that one should reject familiarity as a first step to self knowledge.

Secondly, when studying a subject if two theories tend to overlap each other we naturally try to co-relate the theories, even if in reality both of them don't go with each other. For example, while learning about a programming language the learner always tend to compare it with the programming language he or she has learned earlier. They tend to find familiarity in the syntax, the libraries, the variables and much more. Due to this while creating a project the programmer has to constantly check the syntax because, while learning they tried to compare it and in that process they missed the real essence of the learning the new language. This highly correlates with the statement as one has predilection towards familiar things and in that they miss to understand the real use while learning it.

Ofcourse, some argue that having familiarity to certain thing helps to understand a few the things better. However, this is precisely why we should not have any familiar knowledge to a certain subjects as it obstructs out critical thinking process and puts us in a comparision stage rather than an elucidating state. We are likely to understand things better when we see them we

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 45, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...tly, having familiarity always corrupts ones thought while learning something new as...
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Line 3, column 365, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
... strikes you as very absurd because you dont remember the rules, the logic, the moti...
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Line 3, column 458, Rule ID: PROGRESSIVE_VERBS[1]
Message: This verb is normally not used in the progressive form. Try a simple form instead.
... aspect of the game anymore. But as you are understanding the game again with someone teaching an...
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Line 3, column 504, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'someone' must be used with a third-person verb: 'teaches'.
Suggestion: teaches
...derstanding the game again with someone teaching and you start to remember the bits and ...
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Line 5, column 154, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...eories, even if in reality both of them dont go with each other. For example, while ...
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Line 5, column 750, Rule ID: ADMIT_ENJOY_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the gerund form: 'miss understanding'.
Suggestion: miss understanding
...owards familiar things and in that they miss to understand the real use while learning it. Ofco...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, then, thus, while, as to, for example

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 19.5258426966 46% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 12.4196629213 24% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 49.0 33.0505617978 148% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 58.6224719101 75% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2182.0 2235.4752809 98% => OK
No of words: 451.0 442.535393258 102% => OK
Chars per words: 4.83813747228 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.60833598836 4.55969084622 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.66661217605 2.79657885939 95% => OK
Unique words: 211.0 215.323595506 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.467849223947 0.4932671777 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 678.6 704.065955056 96% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 4.38483146067 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 20.2370786517 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.6233676974 60.3974514979 102% => OK
Chars per sentence: 128.352941176 118.986275619 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.5294117647 23.4991977007 113% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.47058823529 5.21951772744 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.191447026806 0.243740707755 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0883930869834 0.0831039109588 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.158838294462 0.0758088955206 210% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.120563308577 0.150359130593 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0838537699387 0.0667264976115 126% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.6 14.1392134831 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.55 48.8420337079 110% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.09 12.1639044944 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.11 8.38706741573 97% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 100.480337079 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.

Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 Out of 6
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, then, thus, while, as to, for example

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

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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this: