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People who make decisions based on emotion and justify those decisions with logic afterwards are poor decision makers

Every person has had different life experiences and will therefore react to situations differently, responding with varying combinations of emotion and logic. It is difficult to evaluate exactly what is "poor" compared to "correct" decisions, especially in situations that do not have an obvious, logical answer. While there are many examples of both the pros and cons of basing decisions more emotionally as well as more logically, confirming which decision is best will always be debated. While we look to our President to make difficult choices for the country, there will always be an element of regret, regardless of what the President chooses. For example, if there is a hostage situation in a country where an American family has been captured, and the belligerents want an exchange for a high-profile war criminal with the US, the President may not wish to make the exchange. This may be the logical decision, but will receive criticism as being a poor decision by some. On the other hand, making the exchange will also inevitably be considered a poor decision by others. Just because a decision was made for the greater good, does not mean it was the correct decision to all. Further, critics of poor decisions must be placed in the decision makers' shoes. How can one evaluate what decision was poor if they do not share a common background? While many Americans felt disenfranchised with the recent police violence and reacted through the Occupy Wall Street campaign, their response received harsh criticism due to the riots, violence, and other social disruptions. While it may seem logical to protest after such injustices by bankers, the emotional response will inevitably be a factor, and influence the protestors' decisions, especially in aggregate. While protestors may not intend to riot, the circumstances and situation may evolve beyond anyone's control. Lastly, Donald Trump's presidential campaign is another highly visible example of debatable decision making. He is logically capturing many peoples' attention through emotional arguments, and while many of his statements can be considered poor judgement or illogical, his campaign has been highly successful. Would his strategy be considered poor or smart? Ultimately, there is no objective way in defining what is right and what is wrong, especially in complex situations where there are a spectrum of participants. Without considering people's experiences and backgrounds, one cannot objectively state that a person's decision was "poor;" what that person believed to be logical could be more of an emotional response to someone else. <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; vertical-align: baseline; background: rgb(249, 249, 245); color: rgb(42, 42, 42); white-space: normal;">An international development organization, in response to a vitamin A deficiency among people in the impoverished nation of Tagus, has engineered a new breed of millet high in vitamin A. While seeds for this new type of millet cost more, farmers will be paid subsidies for farming the new variety of millet. Since millet is already a staple food in Tagus, people will readily adopt the new variety. To combat vitamin A deficiency, the government of Tagus should do everything it can to promote this new type of millet. Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation. The population in Tagus is undergoing a vitamin A deficiency crisis and an international development organization has offered a strategy to alleviate the situation. A genetically modified version of millet has been developed to address the vitamin A deficiency, and there are already plans in place on how to implement the new crop efficiently. However, there are several considerations by the government of Tagus that should be carefully evaluated before widespread adoption. While the international development organizations's new breed of millet does address the issue, there could be other more feasible solutions. The government of Tagus should first understand what is causing the vitamin A deficiency, and whether it is a short or long term issue. If it is simply a bad year in it's existing millet crop, they may be able to supplement the population with vitamin A tablets instead of transitioning to the new breed, and thereby perpetually relying on this organization for the foreseeable future. Further, this transition would effectively eradicate the existing millet crops and breeds, and potentially other food sources. A new disease that could impact the new breed of millet could potentially wipe out this staple food source for Tagus. Tagus should evaluate if there are alternative ways of obtaining vitamin A before adopting the new breed. Further, as a relatively impoverished nation, the farmers are all mostly small scale subsistence farmers, who have low visibility and little/no power in these large scale, country-wide level initiatives. Not only would registering and distributing the new seeds take time and resources, but ensuring they are properly subsidized would also be a tremendous effort. Additionally, government officials at several levels may not be able to effectively implement this initiative, with potential of graft and other issues. This transition may also cause most small farms to consolidate into a large factory farm to capture economies of scale, since the small farmers may not be able to afford the more costly seed on their own. This may reduce the viability of being a self-sustaining farmer, and forcing farmers to move into a large corporation may disadvantage the Tagus economy in the long run. There are also challenges such as ensuring the new millet tastes similar to what the people of Tagus have been eating for generations. With several breeds of millet and likely different breeds across different regions, it may be difficult to transition to only one breed of millet. The government would be prescribing this new breed that was manufactured in a foreign factory to the entire populace. Further, the growth time for the new crop would need to be evaluated, as the time required for the crops to mature may exceed the urgency of the vitamin A needed. Before widespread adoption of the new breed of millet, the government of Tagus needs to evaluate the short and long term impacts of the transition. Obtaining enough vitamin A supplements to address a short-term need is likely very feasible, while waiting for the governmental acceptance, distribution, subsidization, and growth of the crops would take a long time with many unforeseen challenges. The government should create both a short-term and long-term plan to ensure the issue is properly addressed both now and in the future.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 2583, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...ent police violence and reacted through the Occupy Wall Street campaign, their response re...
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Line 1, column 2902, 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.
...ors decisions, especially in aggregate. While protestors may not intend to riot, the ...
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Line 1, column 4457, Rule ID: THERE_RE_MANY[3]
Message: Possible agreement error. Did you mean 'spectra', 'spectrums'?
Suggestion: spectra; spectrums
...in complex situations where there are a spectrum of participants. Without considering pe...
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Line 1, column 7882, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'A tablet' or simply 'tablets'?
Suggestion: A tablet; Tablets
... supplement the population with vitamin A tablets instead of transitioning to the new bre...
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Line 1, column 9065, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'would' requires the base form of the verb: 'register'
Suggestion: register
...-wide level initiatives. Not only would registering and distributing the new seeds take tim...
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Line 1, column 11432, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'A supplement' or simply 'supplements'?
Suggestion: A supplement; Supplements
...he transition. Obtaining enough vitamin A supplements to address a short-term need is likely ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, lastly, look, may, so, therefore, well, while, for example, such as, as well as, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 58.0 19.5258426966 297% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 47.0 12.4196629213 378% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 32.0 14.8657303371 215% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 39.0 33.0505617978 118% => OK
Preposition: 125.0 58.6224719101 213% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 38.0 12.9106741573 294% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 10255.0 2235.4752809 459% => Less number of characters wanted.
No of words: 1546.0 442.535393258 349% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 6.63324708926 5.05705443957 131% => OK
Fourth root words length: 6.27050289073 4.55969084622 138% => OK
Word Length SD: 4.32806096848 2.79657885939 155% => OK
Unique words: 493.0 215.323595506 229% => Less unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.318887451488 0.4932671777 65% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 2665.8 704.065955056 379% => syllable counts are too long.
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 11.0 4.99550561798 220% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 13.0 3.10617977528 419% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 12.0 1.77640449438 676% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 35.0 20.2370786517 173% => OK
Sentence length: 44.0 23.0359550562 191% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 282.426867543 60.3974514979 468% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 293.0 118.986275619 246% => Less chars_per_sentence wanted.
Words per sentence: 44.1714285714 23.4991977007 188% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.68571428571 5.21951772744 71% => OK
Paragraphs: 1.0 4.97078651685 20% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 10.2758426966 175% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 5.13820224719 234% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.0522041656231 0.243740707755 21% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0340613890668 0.0831039109588 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0505202780407 0.0758088955206 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0522041656231 0.150359130593 35% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0667264976115 0% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 31.9 14.1392134831 226% => Automated_readability_index is high.
flesch_reading_ease: 18.36 48.8420337079 38% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 17.1 7.92365168539 216% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 21.6 12.1743820225 177% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 22.06 12.1639044944 181% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.77 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 289.0 100.480337079 288% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 22.5 11.8971910112 189% => OK
gunning_fog: 19.6 11.2143820225 175% => OK
text_standard: 23.0 11.7820224719 195% => 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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