It is more harmful to compromise one's own beliefs than to adhere to them.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.
In the prompt the author suggests that it might be more harmful to compromise one's own thoughts and reasoning than to follow them. However, I mostly disagree with the notion that we should not change our beliefs over time for two main reasons. Conversely, it can be harmful if we do not do so. But, in some cases I do concede that changing one's belief rapidly or forgoing normal ethics can be harmful.
Firstly, It has been proven that over the years that having rigidity in thought process is detrimental to improving one's own knowledge. For instance, in the 15th century, it was common consensus that the earth was flat and there was no land beyond the Atlantic ocean. When Christopher Columbus discovered what is now America, most of England was in disbelief. If everyone were rigid in their belief that the Earth is indeed flat and there is no way that America could exist, America would not be where it stands today. Another example, would be one of the more recent discoveries of the evidence of black holes. Most scientists believed that the black hole theory was just that, a theory, but Stephen Hawking and many other scientists worked hard together to prove its existence. When the first image of the black hole was captured, it was no longer possible to argue against its presence. This implies that we need to be flexible in our mindset and beliefs, and when new things are proposed or discovered they must be provided some acknowledgement. This helps in moving our scientific understanding of the world to new heights.
Secondly, it has also been observed that many people are so blinded by their own beliefs that do not get a clear picture of the truth that is surrounding them. For example, many people are under the notion that certain politicians are the most benevolent people on earth and are here to make life better for everyone. This masks their capacity to identify the faults of the politician and he can get away with malpractice as the people supporting him are blinded by his speeches and preaching. It is always necessary for an individual to keep their mind flexible and be critical of any politician or any such individual who appears innocuous. Doing so would lead to a better society with less deceit and make people's life better in general.
However, I do concede that we must be resolute and understand problems clearly before we attempt to solve it. For instance, a person seeking to solve an issue in society, must be sure that the problem exists and sure of the need for solving the problem. If an individual is contemplating whether to solve it or not, it is unlikely that a decision will be made. A person should also not go back and forth upon his thinking or beliefs, as this means that he is uneducated on the facts or unable to understand the circumstances correctly. Being overly flexible without evaluating opinions and facts might prove to be detrimental. However, it is always beneficial in being a little flexible and not being entirely rigid in one's beliefs as the prompt suggests.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 341, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...n some cases I do concede that changing ones belief rapidly or forgoing normal ethic...
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Line 7, column 720, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...lexible and not being entirely rigid in ones beliefs as the prompt suggests.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, conversely, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, for example, for instance, in general, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 41.0 19.5258426966 210% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 23.0 14.8657303371 155% => OK
Relative clauses : 24.0 11.3162921348 212% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 60.0 33.0505617978 182% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 54.0 58.6224719101 92% => 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: 2512.0 2235.4752809 112% => OK
No of words: 528.0 442.535393258 119% => OK
Chars per words: 4.75757575758 5.05705443957 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.79356345386 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.59985386677 2.79657885939 93% => OK
Unique words: 262.0 215.323595506 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.496212121212 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 784.8 704.065955056 111% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 32.7346231925 60.3974514979 54% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 104.666666667 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.0 23.4991977007 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.25 5.21951772744 101% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => 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: 0.0981480317392 0.243740707755 40% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0316045730496 0.0831039109588 38% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0440084846267 0.0758088955206 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0715948903786 0.150359130593 48% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0546821761399 0.0667264976115 82% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 14.1392134831 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.33 12.1639044944 85% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.23 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 117.0 100.480337079 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => 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: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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