Some people believe that the most important qualities of an effective teacher are understanding and empathy. Others believe that it is more important for teachers to be rigorous and demanding in their expectations for students.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented
Who is a teacher? A teacher is one who passes knowledge, either theoretical or practical to another. In most cases, especially in a formal setting, teachers usually have a form of accreditation to prove that they are in a position to relay information in such field. Amongst other qualities, teachers are expected to have an indept understanding of the subject matter and empathy for the students they are passing the information to. However, in the highly competitive times we are in, to get the best out of every student, a teacher should be rigorous and demanding in their goals and expectations for their students.
A proverb states thus : "Aim for the skies, if you don't reach it, at least, you'll fall amongst the stars". Bearing this in mind, the best attributes to instill into students during their developmental phases should include: attention to details, the importance of high quality outputs, discipline, consistency, hardwork and above all, tenacity. To achieve this, a teacher must be willing to go all in and demand the best and only the best from each student. Fostering a high quality environment from a young age helps these students be better at work, business and life in general after completing their studies. Even from a personal experience, I am always more grateful for the techers that were a little harder on me while in school, because, they helped me stay in line and become a better adult.
Furthermore, students learn a lot from what they see and who they interact with. Before the 2020 wave of COVID, that has taken a large percentage of schools online, students usually spent a large chunk of their time at school. Hence, if the teachers aren't good enough to look up to, the students would find other places to get inspiration from. Teachers themselves are role models are expected to be meticulous and constantly raising the standards. This means higher expectations for themslves as role models and would definetly inspire the students to follow suit.
In contrast, it is worthy to note that not all students are the same or have the same threshold for high levels of rigour. This then becomes a soft spot where each teacher needs to understand their students and apply their soft skills of empathy. That means, for students who can't handle the pressure, the teachers find ways to bring them up to speed, or lower the expectations just a little bit. Such students require more encouragement, patience and hand-holding for the to do as much as other highflyers. That said, empathy is a key factor even when trying to set high standards for the students.
In summary, as schooling has become a necessary phase during the developmental phases of humans, it is ideal to give them the most important life skills, even if they aren't the easiest to imbibe. Teachers should be more rigorous and demanding in their expectations from students, as they also make sure they keep these high standards so as to qualify as ideal role models for the students. This in turn would ensure that the students turn out to be better adults at their work places, businesses and the society at large.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
... thus : 'Aim for the skies, if you dont reach it, at least, youll fall amongst ...
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Suggestion: you'll
... skies, if you dont reach it, at least, youll fall amongst the stars'. Bearing t...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: aren't
... time at school. Hence, if the teachers arent good enough to look up to, the students...
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Line 7, column 277, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...f empathy. That means, for students who cant handle the pressure, the teachers find ...
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Line 7, column 386, Rule ID: LITTLE_BIT[1]
Message: Reduce redundancy by using 'little' or 'bit'.
Suggestion: little; bit
...speed, or lower the expectations just a little bit. Such students require more encourageme...
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Suggestion: aren't
...ost important life skills, even if they arent the easiest to imbibe. Teachers should ...
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Line 9, column 335, Rule ID: SO_AS_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
...ake sure they keep these high standards so as to qualify as ideal role models for the st...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, hence, however, if, look, so, still, then, thus, while, as to, at least, in contrast, in general, in summary, in most cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 42.0 33.0505617978 127% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 73.0 58.6224719101 125% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2602.0 2235.4752809 116% => OK
No of words: 531.0 442.535393258 120% => OK
Chars per words: 4.90018832392 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.80035803286 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70119256833 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 273.0 215.323595506 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514124293785 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 786.6 704.065955056 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.734054325 60.3974514979 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.130434783 118.986275619 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0869565217 23.4991977007 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.39130434783 5.21951772744 122% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.348765661468 0.243740707755 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.102811894781 0.0831039109588 124% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0576824993715 0.0758088955206 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.207859445866 0.150359130593 138% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0557508923308 0.0667264976115 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 14.1392134831 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 48.8420337079 116% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.44 12.1639044944 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.29 8.38706741573 99% => OK
difficult_words: 118.0 100.480337079 117% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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