Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
In current news, we hear stories of a high-profile individuals involved in a political scandal or a top movie director entangled in a racial discrimination case. While some people opin that scandals are a distraction to some seemingly more-important problems in the society, I agree with the claim that scandals more often bring our attention to problems that we would not have heard of. This helps us create a better society for both the present and the future. I have a few examples to buttress my point.
Sexual abuse has been frowned upon for many decades. Even at this moment, we still here cases of sexual abuse, often by famous musicians, director or politicians. But what is even more striking is the increasing amount of ressurecting evidence, (or evidence from the past). It appears that there are many people, especially women, who have been previous assaulted sexually. Because such women are not famous people, they were never given the chance to express themselves. With a top politician in the news, relating to a sex scandal, we hear more about such hidden acts, done against the will of those women. Truly, without such scandals, those women (and others in similar positions) are able to share their stories and convict the guilty elite.
Another major topic in the news, is the issue of racism. There are many people of different races who have been abused because of their origin. We do not hear of these incidents, until a famous person is found guilty of racial discrimination. Such scandals often lead us into knowledge of other forms of racial discrimination, including that due to the color of one's skin or eyes. We often hear of cases of racial discrimination in the movie industry, the sporting world and the political scene. But very likely, there are numerous others that we do not hear about, until a scandal in opened up in the news.
Additionally, there are many corruption scandals in politics. In my country Nigeria, we often hear of politicians trying to bribe their way into positions of power. Many of such cases are not talked about and we do not know of them. But when one of such politicians in exposed, others follow. One scandal opens up another one and yet another one - it might have no near end. Without the first scandal brought to light, we would not learn and be informed of the indecent happenings around us.
In conclusion, scandals can be very unpleasant to talk about, especially for the person at the center of the discussion. Although some people feel that they distract us from seemingly more important problems of the society, I posit that the scandals, if properly analysed, often inform and educate us more about some hidden and illicit deals, and crimes that have been committed, both in the past and in recent times.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'individual'?
Suggestion: individual
...news, we hear stories of a high-profile individuals involved in a political scandal or a to...
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...seemingly more-important problems in the society, I agree with the claim that sca...
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Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...ion, including that due to the color of ones skin or eyes. We often hear of cases of...
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Message: Did you mean 'now' (=at this moment) instead of 'no' (negation)?
Suggestion: now
...one and yet another one - it might have no near end. Without the first scandal bro...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, if, so, still, while, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 44.0 33.0505617978 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 75.0 58.6224719101 128% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 12.9106741573 70% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2307.0 2235.4752809 103% => OK
No of words: 476.0 442.535393258 108% => OK
Chars per words: 4.84663865546 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.67091256922 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6316394086 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 235.0 215.323595506 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.493697478992 0.4932671777 100% => OK
syllable_count: 734.4 704.065955056 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 54.2846423954 60.3974514979 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.28 118.986275619 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.04 23.4991977007 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.88 5.21951772744 36% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 10.2758426966 19% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 19.0 5.13820224719 370% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0844355416383 0.243740707755 35% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0225340605408 0.0831039109588 27% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0322083346736 0.0758088955206 42% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0540167472448 0.150359130593 36% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0296377360274 0.0667264976115 44% => 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: 10.9 14.1392134831 77% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 48.8420337079 124% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.85 12.1639044944 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.16 8.38706741573 97% => OK
difficult_words: 108.0 100.480337079 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 16.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 6
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