We can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than from people whose views contradict our own.
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.
No, I do not believe that we learn more from people that share our opinion than those who who contradict them. It all comes down to how a person tackles disagreement in various situations.
Instead of feeling stressed about the opposing views, one can consider something from a new perspective.
Humans feel more comfortable in situations where people conform to their ideas, and not where people oppose them. This hinders their growth in various domains of life. The main problem with learning by opposition from people is related with one’s ego and arrogance. A famous person by the name of Albert Einstein once said, “Ego is inversely proportional to knowledge”, more the knowledge, lesser the ego. Not being open minded about others’ view keeps one trapped in a nutshell full of doubts and self-pride. This leads to one becoming reluctant to anything that does not conform to his or her views. I, myself was once faced with a similar situation which kept me from learning new things when I made the transition from high school to college. But I realised it soon enough and this fostered by development as a team player where not all people agreed with me.
As far as the reason for the given claim, that disagreement causes stress and inhibits learning is dependent solely on the person whose views are contradicted. Some of the great scientists in the world like Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman etcetera gained their intelligence and knowledge because of discrepancies between them and their colleagues. This nonconformity forced them to step out of their comfort zone and develop a new perspective about numerous theories in science. Even the Chief Executive officers of tech giants like SpaceX, Apple, Tesla Motors etcetera have had to consider and uncritically accept ideas of other officers in their company even if they do not agree with them. Sometimes, positive results based on others’ ideas help you find your flaws and ameliorate them. It even makes one an astute judge of others’ opinions and helps one filter the unnecessary ones.
To sum, just the acceptance of views in harmony with yours’ brings more harm than good. True learning is achieved only when people are open to healthy criticism and suggestions. The real experience and knowledge one achieves is while being contradicted by others and therefore, it is one’s duty to not remain trapped in a bubble of one’s fabricated reality where they are never wrong.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, so, therefore, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 19.5258426966 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 12.4196629213 8% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 33.0505617978 124% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 57.0 58.6224719101 97% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2104.0 2235.4752809 94% => OK
No of words: 410.0 442.535393258 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.13170731707 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.49982852243 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.78764589949 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 245.0 215.323595506 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.59756097561 0.4932671777 121% => OK
syllable_count: 649.8 704.065955056 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.8848248298 60.3974514979 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.2 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.5 23.4991977007 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.45 5.21951772744 28% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => 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: 0.231207258743 0.243740707755 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0655145886656 0.0831039109588 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0670201068491 0.0758088955206 88% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.122411740287 0.150359130593 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0486847022969 0.0667264976115 73% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 14.1392134831 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.47 12.1639044944 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.83 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 100.480337079 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 11.8971910112 55% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 Out of 6
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