We learn our most valuable lessons in life from struggling with our limitations rather than from enjoying our successes.
This essay will trace my personal quest to solve a question that has plagued me for many years and in doing so illustrate that the most valuable lessons in life are learned by pushing against limitations rather than wallowing in success stories. Specifically, the mechanism of learning, variety of lessons and depth of learning are explored in relationship to the topic.
In the very beginning, I had a question as an science focused child with below average emotional intelligence: why do some adults repeat the same story to you ad nauseum? I could not figure it out for years even as I moved through middle school, high school and much of university. Nevertheless, aong the way, social, psychological and philosophical theories and knowledge are voraciously devoured to try and help me make sense of the phenomenon. In contrast, when I successed in various science projects such as homemade crystal radio or spaghetti bridge, the happiness of success rarely incited further pursue of knowledge. In other words, the mechanism of learning life lessons come from our attempt to solve problems and indulgence in success does not encourage that.
Furthermore, valuable life lessons are gained in difficulty because it is often a symptom that we have entered uncharted territory. Consequently, it allows for the learning of new and diverse lessons rather than fortifying already strong subject areas. In my case, trying to answer the question of why people keep telling the same story brought me out of the physical sciences and into the bewildering world of sociology and human psychology. Along the way, I learned how other cultures influence what others say and don’t say or why one can be fixated on certain topic whether that be because of childhood events, unfulfilled dreams or emotional trauma. By comparison, enjoying easy success in my comfort zone of physics serves only to minimally improve specific knowledge and never brought the fundamental revelation and learning of a brand new field.
Most importantly, the deepest lessons are learned by pushing through difficulty rather than re-living success. Although some arguments can be made for the case that pleasant memories might encourage more recall and thus help to deepen the lessons, more often than not, we are enjoying the feeling of accomplishment rather than analyzing the causes of success. In contrast, it took me many years to finally assemble the puzzle and realize that often time, when people repeat a well-worn story, it is not for your sake but for their own, whether that be one of their accomplishments, biggest regret or interesting experiences. By approaching it from a strictly scientific and logical deduction perspective, it made no sense. But by standing in the other person’s shoe and incorporating all the knowledge of the diverse fields that I’ve pick up over the years, it made perfect sense.
In summary, smooth successes does not allow for learning the best life lessons in comparison to difficult problems. The mechanism for learning is different, variety is lacking and does not encourage thorough appreciation of the lessons.
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- We learn our most valuable lessons in life from struggling with our limitations rather than from enjoying our successes. 83
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, consequently, finally, furthermore, if, nevertheless, so, thus, well, in contrast, in summary, such as, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 19.5258426966 72% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 24.0 14.8657303371 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 33.0505617978 115% => OK
Preposition: 64.0 58.6224719101 109% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2635.0 2235.4752809 118% => OK
No of words: 505.0 442.535393258 114% => OK
Chars per words: 5.21782178218 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.74048574033 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.90312157697 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 276.0 215.323595506 128% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.546534653465 0.4932671777 111% => OK
syllable_count: 812.7 704.065955056 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.3436390665 60.3974514979 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 138.684210526 118.986275619 117% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.5789473684 23.4991977007 113% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.47368421053 5.21951772744 124% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
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: 0.230664947005 0.243740707755 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.065674154817 0.0831039109588 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0697787146189 0.0758088955206 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.118787336583 0.150359130593 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0321138395877 0.0667264976115 48% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.4 14.1392134831 116% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.29 12.1639044944 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.02 8.38706741573 108% => OK
difficult_words: 131.0 100.480337079 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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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.