Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? At universities and colleges, sports and social activities are just as important as classes and libraries and should receive equal financial support.Use specific reasons and examples to support your a

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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

At universities and colleges, sports and social activities are just as important as classes and libraries and should receive equal financial support.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

I totally agree that for universities and colleges, sports and social events weigh just as much as classes and libraries, and that they deserve equal financial support.

First, sport and social activities are two important ways to keep students mentally healthy. Students who join sports clubs and who interact a lot with others tend to be optimistic and willing to share their happiness with others. Most psychiatrists recommend their patients who feel depressed sometimes to talk more with people in various social activities, to make more friends and to practice sport, since these are good ways to heal their mental wounds. One of my friends was once very frustrated about her family affaires and she often felt isolated, reluctant to talk with others. Then I invited her to my volleyball club. After participating in our sporting events, she became more active, and no longer had the time to think about her worries. Sports clubs are good places to meet new friends, and usually after a match, members hang out together for some food, where everybody can sit down and have a chat. Hence, universities and colleges should encourage and financially support these events, for the benefit of their students’ health.

Second, sport and social activities can reflect students' ability to develop interpersonal skills, which are important for their future career. Most of the students who graduate from university or college are likely to look for a job and begin their professional career. Of course, their academic skills are useful criteria in determining whether they will be able to perform well in their future work, but their experience in sport and social events plays an important role, too. Students who participate often in these activities are likely to have developed excellent interpersonal skills as they communicated with different people. Also, collective sports are useful for students to build team spirit, which can be an advantage as they work in a team in the future.

Third, sports and social activities can inspire students in a way that manuals and books can never achieve the same effect. Through taking part in social activities such as a meeting panel with alumni or a sports competition, students can develop an outlook on professions and find what they are interested in. These events may also provide them with job or internship opportunities. As more students are offered job opportunities, the school also, becomes renowned. Thus I believe that universities and colleges should provide with their students more social and sports activities, since this would create a win-win situation.

In my university, students these days complain a lot about the poor sports facilities and the limited space for them to exercise. Also, the sport terrain is already too old. However, more and more students become aware of the importance of physic exercises. I understand that maintaining sports facilities requires a large sum of budget, but I believe that in the benefit of both the students and the school, it is worth the pain.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 145, Rule ID: AFFORD_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to equal'
Suggestion: to equal
...es and libraries, and that they deserve equal financial support. First, sport a...
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Line 5, column 285, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[9]
Message: The adverb 'sometimes' is usually put before the verb 'depressed'.
Suggestion: sometimes depressed
...rists recommend their patients who feel depressed sometimes to talk more with people in various soc...
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Line 7, column 494, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[9]
Message: The adverb 'often' is usually put before the verb 'participate'.
Suggestion: often participate
...ys an important role, too. Students who participate often in these activities are likely to have ...
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Line 9, column 207, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'sports'' or 'sport's'?
Suggestion: sports'; sport's
...uch as a meeting panel with alumni or a sports competition, students can develop an ou...
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Line 9, column 468, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...ies, the school also, becomes renowned. Thus I believe that universities and college...
^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, however, if, look, may, second, so, then, third, thus, well, of course, such as

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 15.1003584229 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 9.8082437276 112% => OK
Conjunction : 30.0 13.8261648746 217% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.0286738351 127% => OK
Pronoun: 44.0 43.0788530466 102% => OK
Preposition: 59.0 52.1666666667 113% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.0752688172 50% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2574.0 1977.66487455 130% => OK
No of words: 496.0 407.700716846 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.18951612903 4.8611393121 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.71922212354 4.48103885553 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7187580361 2.67179642975 102% => OK
Unique words: 258.0 212.727598566 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.520161290323 0.524837075471 99% => OK
syllable_count: 791.1 618.680645161 128% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 9.59856630824 63% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.51792114695 114% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.86738351254 268% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.94265232975 142% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.6003584229 112% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.1344086022 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.38292985 48.9658058833 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.913043478 100.406767564 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.5652173913 20.6045352989 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.52173913043 5.45110844103 83% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.5376344086 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 11.8709677419 143% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.85842293907 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.88709677419 61% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.18449770274 0.236089414692 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.06134565583 0.076458572812 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0661958557981 0.0737576698707 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.139287400715 0.150856017488 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0931726147357 0.0645574589148 144% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.8 11.7677419355 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 58.1214874552 86% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 10.1575268817 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.82 10.9000537634 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.12 8.01818996416 101% => OK
difficult_words: 108.0 86.8835125448 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.002688172 140% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.0537634409 103% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.247311828 137% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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