Those who see their ideas through, regardless of doubts or criticism others may express, are the ones who tend to leave a lasting legacy.
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 prompt states that individulas should see their ideas through, not paying any attention to their doubters in order to leave a lasting legacy. I mostly agree with the statement for the following reasons.
To begin, individuals who have radical ideas are criticized by almost everyone, but those people who express doubt on the idea seldom truly understand the mechanics and the scope of the issue at hand. For instance take the case of Steve Jobs, who famously said that the use of a stylus to interact with a phone was meaningless when humans already have ten fingers. Steve Jobs made such a claim when the entire world was moving towrds stylus based smartphones. For this he was widely criticized and ridiculed by both the technological experts of the day and the general consumer population. However, Jobs stuck to his idea of using his finger as a pointing device rather than a stylus, and his company, Apple, created the first iPhone with MultiTouch capability. The iPhone took the world by storm and everyone around the globe was fascinated by this new phone. Even today, around twenty years after the first iPhone launched, smartphones are still touch based and not stylus based, all because one man believed in his idea and paid no heed to critics.
Further, some individuals plainly criticize and demean an someone because they fear losing their position of authority. For example take the case of Nikola Tesla, the father of modern day electricity. Tesla wanted to give free power to the world, in the form of Alternating Current (AC). This form of electricity would allow long distance transmission of power without significant losses and thus could bring electricity to every nook and corner of the country. However, Thomas Edison, the pioneer of Direct Current (DC), repetitively downplayed the advantages of AC and outright rejected the use of AC for powering households. Compared to Tesla, Thomas Edsion had greater political power and money, using which he tried to destroy the work of Tesla, terming it unsafe. Thus Tesla's dream of giving free electricity to everyone died. However, the work done by Nikola Tesla was found by another scientist after Tesla's death and this scientist had the sense to popularize AC. The value of AC was quickly grasped by the industry, and upto this date, the world runs on the power of Alternating Current. Tesla's legacy will live on till the end of time.
However there are those who argue that people who criticize you do it for your own good. A classic example of such a case is president Barack Obama. Barack Obama was widely criticized about the way in which he handled the issue of illegal immigrant kids who entered the United States. There were reports which said that the children were seperated from their mothers and forced to live in cages. Listening to this criticism, the president changed his policies regarding illegal immigrant children, which bought him wide acclaim. This is a case where an individual listened to criticism and changed his ways which helped him cement his legacy.
In conclusion, the question of whether you should pay heed to your critics or not is a very difficult question to answer. In my opinion, pushing through with yur ideas without paying much attention to critics will end up paying rich dividends in teh future.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Use 'a' instead of 'an' if the following word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a sentence', 'a university'
Suggestion: a
...ndividuals plainly criticize and demean an someone because they fear losing their ...
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Message: Possible typo. Did you mean 'an' or 'someone'?
Suggestion: an; someone
...ndividuals plainly criticize and demean an someone because they fear losing their position...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...y the work of Tesla, terming it unsafe. Thus Teslas dream of giving free electricity...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...y will live on till the end of time. However there are those who argue that people w...
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Message: Wordiness: Shorten this phrase to the shortest possible suggestion.
Suggestion: whether; the question whether
...im cement his legacy. In conclusion, the question of whether you should pay heed to your critics or ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, regarding, so, still, thus, for example, for instance, in conclusion, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 33.0505617978 115% => OK
Preposition: 78.0 58.6224719101 133% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 12.9106741573 70% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2761.0 2235.4752809 124% => OK
No of words: 558.0 442.535393258 126% => OK
Chars per words: 4.94802867384 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.86024933743 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.49851962182 2.79657885939 89% => OK
Unique words: 304.0 215.323595506 141% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.544802867384 0.4932671777 110% => OK
syllable_count: 865.8 704.065955056 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 10.0 4.99550561798 200% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.1746188532 60.3974514979 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.259259259 118.986275619 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.6666666667 23.4991977007 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.0 5.21951772744 77% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 15.0 5.13820224719 292% => 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: 0.209185377045 0.243740707755 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0511764322318 0.0831039109588 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0610512667103 0.0758088955206 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.123925392061 0.150359130593 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0599012276267 0.0667264976115 90% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 14.1392134831 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.43 12.1639044944 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.45 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 135.0 100.480337079 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.