Students should always question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take In developing an

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Students should always question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

The statement that students should always question everything that they’re taught is one that can be ambiguous and difficult to answer. We think that the school system is set up to manage a curriculum that is irrefutable, but as we know old ideas have to be challenged if they are to sustain their relevancy throughout time. I mostly agree with the stated assumption.

To begin with, in some cases or fields to challenge everything that has been established can be quixotic at best. That is to say subjects that have held true through many tests and applications should not be subjected to questioning. For instance, mathematics is a field that has been proven to be true no matter how many flaws we try to find. Two plus two will always equal four here or in Mars this holds water. In circumstances like this it is not a sagacious choice to question a cemented field. An apocryphal outlook should be avoided and time should be dedicated to newer theories.

However, for the most part things being taught must be challenged to some degree. This in return helps the student gain a bigger understanding of the subject. What better way than to try and replicate the exact result or disprove it. For instance, during the early stages of science we thought we were the center of the universe until Copernicus started to question this fallacy. In return he opened pandora’s box and influenced other people to seek more information. Ultimately, which led to the discovery that we are not indeed the center of the universe. This is one key aspect in which we can see how conducive questioning everything can be and lead us out of the darkness. Curiosity is one of the biggest drivers for innovation and exploration of the truth.

Furthermore, it has been shown more than not that to question certain subjects can be beneficial to humanity. Not accepting all things as they are taught down from student to student can lead us to bigger discoveries. For example, during the early 1900’s most physicists accepter Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, which explains time and gravity as one. However, after decades of ignoring more questioning an astrophysicist Schrodinger started to not accept this as a universal truth. He was ridiculed for thinking for himself. A few years later thanks to him and other scientists quantum mechanics was born proving that Einstein’s theory was not universal and dismissed small objects such as sub-atomic particles. In the long run this new field improved our technology from computer chips to nuclear medicine. Again, this is one pristine example that can elucidate the importance of questioning newly established theories.

All in all, while a rational personal might agree that to question everything is important, that is not always true with fields that have irrefutably withstood the tests of time. On the other hand, it is important to doubt and challenge ideas that have not been tested throughout time.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 184, Rule ID: TRY_AND[1]
Message: "Try and" is common in colloquial speech, but "'try to'" is recommended for writing.
Suggestion: try to
...of the subject. What better way than to try and replicate the exact result or disprove ...
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Line 7, column 261, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'physicists'' or 'physicist's'?
Suggestion: physicists'; physicist's
...r example, during the early 1900’s most physicists accepter Albert Einstein’s theory of re...
^^^^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, however, if, look, so, while, for example, for instance, such as, in some cases, to begin with, on the other hand, that is to say

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 34.0 19.6327345309 173% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 11.1786427146 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 13.6137724551 147% => OK
Pronoun: 48.0 28.8173652695 167% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 62.0 55.5748502994 112% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 16.3942115768 85% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2469.0 2260.96107784 109% => OK
No of words: 494.0 441.139720559 112% => OK
Chars per words: 4.9979757085 5.12650576532 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.71445763274 4.56307096286 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82207507955 2.78398813304 101% => OK
Unique words: 255.0 204.123752495 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.516194331984 0.468620217663 110% => OK
syllable_count: 746.1 705.55239521 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 4.96107784431 202% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 3.0 8.76447105788 34% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.22255489022 213% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 19.7664670659 137% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 22.8473053892 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.3332598471 57.8364921388 65% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.4444444444 119.503703932 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.2962962963 23.324526521 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.44444444444 5.70786347227 95% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.25449101796 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 8.20758483034 195% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.67664670659 107% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.158217619005 0.218282227539 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0454673373486 0.0743258471296 61% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0401312201711 0.0701772020484 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0937852838035 0.128457276422 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0311287432957 0.0628817314937 50% => 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: 11.3 14.3799401198 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.3550499002 128% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.197005988 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.72 12.5979740519 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.14 8.32208582834 98% => OK
difficult_words: 113.0 98.500998004 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 12.3882235529 93% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.1389221557 83% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.9071856287 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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