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.
The author claims that scandals help us to focus our attention on problems in ways no speaker ever could. I generally disagree with this contention for the following reasons.
To begin, when a person gets trapped in any scandal, their primary focus lies on how to vindicate themselves from the scandal. To illustrate this let us take an example of a political scandal like a Senator getting involved in an extramarital affair during his or her terms in the Senate or a leaked video of a high ranking government official involved in some heinous criminal activity. Once the scandal comes out in public, then the main aim becomes how to cover up the same rather than focusing on the problem. Many a time, while finding ways to come out of the problem, these people get involved in more wrongdoings or unscrupulous acts or even criminal activities. Sometimes we can even find that politicians try to gain an advantage of such situations and through their vicious verbal attack try to demean the accused politician so as to manipulate the voters during an election campaign. Thus, both from personal experience and common sense we can understand that scandals can never help us to focus our attention on problems.
Furthermore, scandals give rise to public outrage and social humiliation. Now, imagine if an innocent person gets framed in a scandal due to someone else's social or political or economic gain; or to cover up some other big event, then what will be his or her mental state. This might lead to the termination of their current job or even can end their prosperous career forever. In such cases, public appearance becomes an issue because he or she will be under constant scrutiny and criticized no matter where they go. Devastated and demeaned by everyone can eventually lead him or her into depression and anxiety. On the other hand, media will sensationalize the news on different public platforms. Due to this, many a time we find these people taking up means of self-destruction or even have a tendency to commit suicide. Therefore, such examples reveal that scandal can never help us to focus on our problems.
Finally, some might argue that when a person gets involved in any scandal then due to public shame they will learn their lesson and will think twice next time before getting involved in any such action. This assertion can be true sometimes but in most of the cases, it proves otherwise as people find means to come out of the problem rather than learning their lesson.
In conclusion, a scandal is never useful in anyone's life but it can prove to be a game plan for people in the opponent team, who can use the same to manipulate the situation and make it work in their favor.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 836, Rule ID: SO_AS_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, furthermore, if, so, then, therefore, thus, while, as to, in conclusion, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 5.0 19.5258426966 26% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 44.0 33.0505617978 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 67.0 58.6224719101 114% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2245.0 2235.4752809 100% => OK
No of words: 469.0 442.535393258 106% => OK
Chars per words: 4.7867803838 5.05705443957 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.65364457471 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61833341436 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 248.0 215.323595506 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.528784648188 0.4932671777 107% => OK
syllable_count: 718.2 704.065955056 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 53.6028278908 60.3974514979 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.157894737 118.986275619 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.6842105263 23.4991977007 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.47368421053 5.21951772744 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 10.2758426966 39% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 15.0 5.13820224719 292% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.14529762852 0.243740707755 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0550344761533 0.0831039109588 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0755664629438 0.0758088955206 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.115655974427 0.150359130593 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0988837212489 0.0667264976115 148% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 14.1392134831 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 48.8420337079 114% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.8 12.1639044944 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.4 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 106.0 100.480337079 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => 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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