As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.
For me, technology has always felt like a double-edged sword. While it has allowed for many advancements in the world and has made more efficient ways of doing things, I strongly believe that it is at risk of cutting out peoples ability to think for themselves. I believe thinking for yourself means you are creative, able to formulate new ideas and share ideas with a group, and think critically to solve a problem. With technology always at the palm of your hand and easily accessible, sometimes it can be easier to “cheat” your way through. For example, I think of Autocorrect, equation generators, and social media as ways of dumbing down or reshaping our society.
I have always thought of myself as being a decent speller and someone who avoids grammatical errors. However, I have noticed a change and throughout this essay you might find several errors. With Autocorrect on iphones, I find that I know how to spell fewer words. By just typing in the first few letters, an option or shortcut pops up guessing what you are trying to spell. Without the full motion of spelling a word out, I feel like it decreases your ability to spell that word. Use it or lose it situation. When it comes to typing essays, one usually uses a word document on computer or laptop. It basically feels like you have an English teacher right there guiding you; alerting you when something is spelled wrong or if the sentence is worded poorly.
Taking Calculus I in college was a challenge for me. It was the first time seeing equations and word problems like that. So for my homeworks I tended to try and take shortcuts by using equation generators through Google. This meant overall I did not learn anything and did terribly on the exams. Lesson learned. I took the class again, but this time saw my TA almost every other day asking for help. She went through step by step making it so simple and easy. I made an A that time around and was super proud of my accomplishment.
I personally have no social media. I am not a fan of knowing what someone else is doing at all times or care what a celebrity did to another celebrity. Throughout the day on campus I see countless people on their phones looking at a Twitter post or Instagram picture. They are usually comparing their lives to others and tryng to change into whatever they believe society wants them to be like. It doesn’t allow for individuality anymore. Conforming is a problem and people are less likely to think for themselves but instead think how they think society wants.
Those three examples support my opinion in that technology is decreasing the ability for humans to think for themselves. One may argue the other way and I would understand that. The fact that so much technology exists means that someone out there had to create that new idea and use trial and error. However, I believe that is a small number of people. The elite researchers and inventors are definitely being creative, sharing ideas, and thinking critically. Majority of society however, uses technology as a means of using a shortcut in life. While it can help in the short term, in the long term I think it will hurt them.
Overall, I think the advancement of technology has allowed people to become lazier, Why not use the easiest way possible to get to a solution? Because it can come at a great cost. You are using the easy way out, which decreases your ability to come up with original thoughts or think critically through a problem. Through autocorrect and word processors I cannot spell as well. Through Google, I can take an easy way to solve a problem but don’t learn anything in the long run. Lastly, if I had social media I think I would care more about conforming and what society thinks of me than focusing on individuality.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 578, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ays, one usually uses a word document on computer or laptop. It basically feels l...
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Line 5, column 154, Rule ID: TRY_AND[1]
Message: "Try and" is common in colloquial speech, but "'try to'" is recommended for writing.
Suggestion: try to
...e that. So for my homeworks I tended to try and take shortcuts by using equation genera...
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Line 5, column 468, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'an' or 'A' is left.
Suggestion: an; A
...ep making it so simple and easy. I made an A that time around and was super proud of...
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Line 7, column 36, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
... I personally have no social media. I am not a fan of knowing what someone el...
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Line 9, column 328, Rule ID: SMALL_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, use 'a few', or use 'some'
Suggestion: a few; some
...l and error. However, I believe that is a small number of people. The elite researchers and inven...
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Line 11, column 144, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Because” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...iest way possible to get to a solution? Because it can come at a great cost. You are us...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, lastly, look, may, so, well, while, for example, i feel, i think
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 32.0 14.8657303371 215% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 86.0 33.0505617978 260% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 85.0 58.6224719101 145% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3131.0 2235.4752809 140% => OK
No of words: 669.0 442.535393258 151% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.68011958146 5.05705443957 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.08576781939 4.55969084622 112% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64398445305 2.79657885939 95% => OK
Unique words: 330.0 215.323595506 153% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.493273542601 0.4932671777 100% => OK
syllable_count: 982.8 704.065955056 140% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 23.0 6.24550561798 368% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 39.0 20.2370786517 193% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.3903462158 60.3974514979 65% => OK
Chars per sentence: 80.2820512821 118.986275619 67% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.1538461538 23.4991977007 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.28205128205 5.21951772744 44% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 19.0 10.2758426966 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 14.0 5.13820224719 272% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.21116936574 0.243740707755 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0423607596919 0.0831039109588 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0604494732263 0.0758088955206 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.112800337663 0.150359130593 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0716944980404 0.0667264976115 107% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.2 14.1392134831 65% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 48.8420337079 128% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 12.1743820225 71% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.57 12.1639044944 79% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.78 8.38706741573 93% => OK
difficult_words: 140.0 100.480337079 139% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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