Some people think that studying from the past teaches us nothing about today's life. Others argue that history is a valued source of information. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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Some people think that studying from the past teaches us nothing about today's life. Others argue that history is a valued source of information. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

People have different views about whether historical knowledge brings relevant values to contemporary society or not. Though it is true that today’s world is much different from that of past eras, some facets of society and human nature remain constant, thus I propose there is great value in studying texts from long ago.

On the one hand, the world has changed too much for old wisdom to be of any use. For example, one of the most tangible reasons why history is not applicable to today's world is gender equality. For example, while women were just considered as housewives in the past, nowadays society provides women the opportunity to enjoy the same rights as men, including economic participation and decision-making. Another reason is people have no guarantee of the accuracy of the ancient documents. This mean, the events of our past are interpreted in different ways to suit different needs. Therefore, humankind might learn the wrong lessons.

On the other hand, some people argue that history is definitely an indispensable part of human civilization. In particular, history provides identity, and this is unquestionably one of the reasons all modern nations encourage its teaching in some form. Historical information includes evidence about how families, groups and the entire countries were formed and evolved over time. Vietnamese students, for instance, study history and learn about their victories against outside intruders, so they take pride in their origin. Furthermore, history offers a storehouse of data about how people and societies behave. As a result, people could have a thorough insight into the way individuals and groups tick. How can we evaluate war if the nation is at peace unless we use historical materials? How can we understand the influence of technological innovation or the role that the young generations play in our modern life? This fundamentally, is why we can not stay away from history.

In conclusion, while both perspectives have benefits and drawbacks in our ever-changing world, I would contend that the ancient knowledge will always have a crucial role in preparing for our future, and we should pay the history the respect it deserves.

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Average: 8.9 (1 vote)

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
furthermore, if, so, therefore, thus, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, in particular, as a result, it is true, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 13.1623246493 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 10.4138276553 115% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 7.30460921844 68% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 25.0 24.0651302605 104% => OK
Preposition: 43.0 41.998997996 102% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1855.0 1615.20841683 115% => OK
No of words: 353.0 315.596192385 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.25495750708 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.33454660006 4.20363070211 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.91311258133 2.80592935109 104% => OK
Unique words: 211.0 176.041082164 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.597733711048 0.561755894193 106% => OK
syllable_count: 590.4 506.74238477 117% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 16.0721442886 112% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.2975951904 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.5101988918 49.4020404114 106% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.055555556 106.682146367 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6111111111 20.7667163134 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.0 7.06120827912 113% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 3.4128256513 176% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.206262620285 0.244688304435 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0576661084855 0.084324248473 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0538268956482 0.0667982634062 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.115719080042 0.151304729494 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0731753826517 0.056905535591 129% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.0946893788 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 50.2224549098 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.17 12.4159519038 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.1 8.58950901804 106% => OK
difficult_words: 101.0 78.4519038076 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.1190380762 95% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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