Understanding the past is of little use to those in current positions of leadership.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

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Understanding the past is of little use to those in current positions of leadership.

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.

Most people would agree that any leader, especially a poiltical one, must be a quite intelligent individual, with vast interdisciplinary knowledge. However, some argue a specfic field in which such knowledge is irrelavent is the field of history, and the understanding of past occurunces that affected the community which is being led. I do not agree with this assumption since I believe a community's future is greatly affected by it's past, and the ability to lead it depends on the understanding of it's culture and society.

Firstly, there is no doubt that the main citeria for an auspicious leader is his ability to forward his community's standing, making it much more prosperous than before. Since history tends to repeat itself, meaning past events can be useful to predict future outcomes, understanding the past is crucial in order to be prepared for the future, and plan accordingly. Only through such preperation, can a leader succeed in promoting his community, and therefore I see historical knowledge as critical for any leader. For example, a British navy commander would be able to lead his troops much more successfully if he were to learn about past UK wars, since through such understanding he would be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the British navy, both of which are quite likely to affect it in any future battle.

Moreover, understanding a community's future promises a broad understanding of it's culture, and such an understanding is crucial to him who wants to lead any kind of society. For example, an American politician must understand the indigenious Native-American community if he wants to succed in being a leader of all americans, no matter their background. By understanding the past of this community, the hardships faced by it's ancestors, and the way they overcame them, a leader would know more about the Native-American community of today, and thus would be able to lead them more succesfully. Therfore, I have no doubt that any leader must know the history of the people he leads, be them a signifcant part of his electorate or a small one.

In contrast to the above, it is true that dwelling in the past might serve to weaken a leader in the sense that it would divert him from making the right decisions. For example, the British navy commander previously introduced might look back at wars such as World War Two, in which the british Navy was greatly strained by the battles in Dunkirk, and conclude his troops will not be able to prevail the enemy without assitance of the British airforce. In fact, this might be a fallacy since the British navy has long been updated, thus it is much stronger than before. Nevertheless, I believe that this does not conclude an historical understanding is irrelavent to leader, rather implying that a leader should use it wisely.

In conclusion, a historical understanding of a community's past is crucial for him who wants to lead that community into the future, since such knowledge is critical to be able to promise the community's prosperity, and understand it's roots. Thus, even though it must be used wisely, I believe any leader must hold such knowledge.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, first, firstly, however, if, look, moreover, nevertheless, so, therefore, thus, well, for example, in conclusion, in contrast, in fact, kind of, no doubt, such as, in contrast to, it is true

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 51.0 33.0505617978 154% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 77.0 58.6224719101 131% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 12.9106741573 23% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2642.0 2235.4752809 118% => OK
No of words: 531.0 442.535393258 120% => OK
Chars per words: 4.97551789077 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.80035803286 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.9708000931 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 230.0 215.323595506 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.433145009416 0.4932671777 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 830.7 704.065955056 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 9.0 1.77640449438 507% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 20.2370786517 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 31.0 23.0359550562 135% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 55.5152648978 60.3974514979 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 155.411764706 118.986275619 131% => OK
Words per sentence: 31.2352941176 23.4991977007 133% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.9411764706 5.21951772744 229% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.102526149261 0.243740707755 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0417051436307 0.0831039109588 50% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0296117655865 0.0758088955206 39% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.072557716187 0.150359130593 48% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0299291589432 0.0667264976115 45% => 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: 17.6 14.1392134831 124% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.01 48.8420337079 82% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.4 12.1743820225 126% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.2 12.1639044944 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.15 8.38706741573 97% => OK
difficult_words: 100.0 100.480337079 100% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.5 11.8971910112 130% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.4 11.2143820225 128% => OK
text_standard: 16.0 11.7820224719 136% => 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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