We learn our most valuable lessons in life from struggling with our limitations rather than from enjoying our successes.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your posit

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We learn our most valuable lessons in life from struggling with our limitations rather than from enjoying our successes.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.

To start off, the statement claiming that people learn the most important lessons by struggling with their limitations rather than in successes is a very interesting topic as our life consists of lessons from experiences over the course of lifetime. In my opinion, lessons from struggling with limitations have a longer-run effect than from successes and therefore the benefit from the former far exceeds that from the latter. Hence, I strongly agree with the statement given and argue that the larger the limitation people struggle, the more they can learn from that for two reasons.
First of all, people experience failures by confronting their limitations and they can learn how not to fail again. Even we can say that failure is a mother of success. Take, for example, Wright brothers who invented an air plane first. Before them, people could not have thought that it is possible to fly the sky. If they did not invent the air plane, we are still just looking at the sky admiring birds. Then, what made Wright brothers achieve the greatness? It was countless failures they experienced during the invention process. They must have struggled with their technological limitations and may have been disappointed everytime. However, through the experiences of failures, they were able to try not to fail again and this process may have repeated during their lifetime. Due to the life-long trial, they became pioneers who advanced the life of human kind. This example illustrates that by overcoming failures and limitations, people can learn invaluable lessons.
Secondly, even if we could not overcome our limitations, we can learn how to endure hardships and not to be frustrated by them. As we live our life, it is not possible to always succeed. Meeting limiations and failures is inevitable to grow up. Although we cannot perfectly overcome our limitations, the process per se in which we try to struggle with them could be a valuable lesson for us. For example, a student who was not good at mathematics may have choices to decide study math more or just give up. If he chooses not to study hard math and satisfies with his other better grade subjects, he might enjoy his success in those subjects expect mathematics. However, if he tries to struggle with mathematics, then he not only may get better grades at math, but also will be able to learn how not to forgive when he confronts hardships in his life. And I believe that this is the most valuable lesson in our life from the long-term perspective. Thus, the above example shows that endeavor itself to struggle with limitations has more merits.
Of course, some may argue that lessons from successes are more valuable. They may suggest that people can grow up by experiencing successes when they challenge. However, I believe that even if success may seem to help people grow but it will make them feel less endeavor and less enthusiastic. After succeeding, it is possible that people think they do not have to try anymore. When we consider how long our life, such attitude could not be helpful for our lives. Therefore, I strongly agree with the statement given. The fact that we need lessons over the course of lifetime makes it clear that people who do not agree with the statement should suggest a stronger reason for their claim.

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Average: 5 (1 vote)
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, however, if, look, may, second, secondly, so, still, then, therefore, thus, for example, of course, first of all, in my opinion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 24.0 12.4196629213 193% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 23.0 11.3162921348 203% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 75.0 33.0505617978 227% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 71.0 58.6224719101 121% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2742.0 2235.4752809 123% => OK
No of words: 560.0 442.535393258 127% => OK
Chars per words: 4.89642857143 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.8645985582 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6159611142 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 261.0 215.323595506 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.466071428571 0.4932671777 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 830.7 704.065955056 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 9.0 3.10617977528 290% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 30.0 20.2370786517 148% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 46.6007153021 60.3974514979 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.4 118.986275619 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.6666666667 23.4991977007 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.06666666667 5.21951772744 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 5.13820224719 214% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.285944122035 0.243740707755 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0776228926582 0.0831039109588 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0860089590248 0.0758088955206 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.200166568552 0.150359130593 133% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.110481719663 0.0667264976115 166% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.0 14.1392134831 78% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.8420337079 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.14 12.1639044944 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.49 8.38706741573 89% => OK
difficult_words: 105.0 100.480337079 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.


Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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