In contrast to the conventional “send my kids to school” model, some parents are attempting to homeschool their children. This essay will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of this new method of education.
Admittedly, homeschooling can bring various benefits. Allowing parents to focus on one child, homeschooling makes education personalized, meaning that the scheme and style of teaching can all be designed to specifically match the child’s needs. Visual learners can learn from pictures instead of tediously long paragraphs of words; aural learners can learn by hearing; people who learn by doing can absorb knowledge with hands-on DIY projects. Furthermore, subjects that are not typically taught in the school curriculum can be incorporated into homeschool programs. Religion, cultural heritage and language can all be passed on so the child can develop an unique identity.
On the contrary, while homeschool might be personalized and protects children from negative influence from their peers, school-based education remains irreplaceable. Communicative and interactive, schools are microcosms of society, and they are designed to function just like how society does, only with no actual punishment. Discussion with peers can teach children important interpersonal skills that would help them grow into well-adjusted individuals who are well-prepared for society. Homeschool students are confined to a closed environment, just like the rose in The Little Prince, well-protected yet vulnerable, beautiful yet vain because they bloom only on the small, distant planet, perceiving their protector and no one else.
To conclude, homeschooling provides flexibility, but this merit is not enough to replace schools as the best place to foster a child well adapted to society.
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: a
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Suggestion:
...ceiving their protector and no one else. To conclude, homeschooling provides flex...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, if, so, well, while, in contrast, in contrast to, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 7.85571142285 153% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 7.30460921844 68% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 24.0651302605 54% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 41.998997996 88% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1532.0 1615.20841683 95% => OK
No of words: 265.0 315.596192385 84% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.78113207547 5.12529762239 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.03470204552 4.20363070211 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.16317814503 2.80592935109 113% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 176.041082164 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.660377358491 0.561755894193 118% => OK
syllable_count: 452.7 506.74238477 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 5.43587174349 18% => OK
Article: 0.0 2.52805611222 0% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 16.0721442886 62% => 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: 26.0 20.2975951904 128% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 97.4365947681 49.4020404114 197% => OK
Chars per sentence: 153.2 106.682146367 144% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.5 20.7667163134 128% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.3 7.06120827912 118% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.67935871743 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.1895263377 0.244688304435 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.080376464177 0.084324248473 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.072600483765 0.0667982634062 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.124591867478 0.151304729494 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.080872922043 0.056905535591 142% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.0 13.0946893788 145% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.63 50.2224549098 73% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 11.3001002004 129% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.54 12.4159519038 133% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.47 8.58950901804 122% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 78.4519038076 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.1190380762 123% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 655, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
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
...l be passed on so the child can develop an unique identity. On the contrary, w...
^^
Line 3, column 674, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...he child can develop an unique identity. On the contrary, while homeschool might ...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 737, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ceiving their protector and no one else. To conclude, homeschooling provides flex...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, if, so, well, while, in contrast, in contrast to, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 7.85571142285 153% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 7.30460921844 68% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 24.0651302605 54% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 41.998997996 88% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1532.0 1615.20841683 95% => OK
No of words: 265.0 315.596192385 84% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.78113207547 5.12529762239 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.03470204552 4.20363070211 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.16317814503 2.80592935109 113% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 176.041082164 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.660377358491 0.561755894193 118% => OK
syllable_count: 452.7 506.74238477 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 5.43587174349 18% => OK
Article: 0.0 2.52805611222 0% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 16.0721442886 62% => 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: 26.0 20.2975951904 128% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 97.4365947681 49.4020404114 197% => OK
Chars per sentence: 153.2 106.682146367 144% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.5 20.7667163134 128% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.3 7.06120827912 118% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.67935871743 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.1895263377 0.244688304435 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.080376464177 0.084324248473 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.072600483765 0.0667982634062 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.124591867478 0.151304729494 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.080872922043 0.056905535591 142% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.0 13.0946893788 145% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.63 50.2224549098 73% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 11.3001002004 129% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.54 12.4159519038 133% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.47 8.58950901804 122% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 78.4519038076 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.1190380762 123% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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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.