Controversial topics are bountiful now-a-days and we are daily exposed to tens of thousands of such topics, that we become apathetic to most. Such as, a person living in India is uninterested to a political scandal occuring in some remote corner of South America. However, everyone shows interest in topics that they believe to affect them personally - climate change for example. Constructive discussions of such topics with those with constrasting views is always beneficial to those seeking to understand a subject and thus making their opinion/ views well rounded and in considerate of others.
During a discussion on controversial topics, people with constrating views begin to inject their opinions and thoughts - some mixed with well researched facts and others based purely on the emotional value. Both these views are hard to dissuade openly as it implies that their very being surrounded by their core beliefs is brought in question, which is hard to digest. A person whose opinion is based on their emotional values comes from their core beliefs which is derived from their life experiences which has led to them upto this point.
It is always a valid practise for those attempting to change someone's mindset to first understand and acknowledge the other side's views and thoughts; similar to how studies indicate that a good practise for any salesman is to first understand the customer's needs and priority before pitching a solution. This always does not guarantee that the other person view's will completely change however, it makes it easier to digest when they realize that their problems and reasoning is understood and the opinion presented to them only adds values to their opinion and not criticize it.
In summary, constructive discussions of controversial topics with those with constrasting views is always benefical in the manner of making their opinion well rounded, provided that the discussion carried ahead is done with all parties understanding each other's opinions first before beginning to dissuade them.
- The following appeared as part of the Dean s newsletter quot The University of Wabash is considering a community service requirement for all undergraduate and graduate students We believe that the objective of any university is to produce well rounded 58
- The following is an excerpt from a speech given to the School Board about a change to the curriculum quot Because the future will be dominated by technology we must make four years of computer programming mandatory for all high school students If our s 73
- Super Screen MoviesThe following is taken from a memo from the advertising director of the Super Screen Movie Production Company According to a recent report from our marketing department during the past year fewer people attended Super Screen produced 53
- A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position 66
- Discussing controversial topics with those with contrasting views is not useful because very few people change their mind when questioned about their core beliefs 66
Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, so, thus, well, for example, in summary, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 12.4196629213 8% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 48.0 58.6224719101 82% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 12.9106741573 15% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1718.0 2235.4752809 77% => OK
No of words: 324.0 442.535393258 73% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.3024691358 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24264068712 4.55969084622 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74939045592 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 172.0 215.323595506 80% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.530864197531 0.4932671777 108% => OK
syllable_count: 525.6 704.065955056 75% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 20.2370786517 49% => 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: 32.0 23.0359550562 139% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 69.1820786042 60.3974514979 115% => OK
Chars per sentence: 171.8 118.986275619 144% => OK
Words per sentence: 32.4 23.4991977007 138% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.8 5.21951772744 130% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.378610301919 0.243740707755 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.146769035669 0.0831039109588 177% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0993133804515 0.0758088955206 131% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.233278828909 0.150359130593 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0772394491355 0.0667264976115 116% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.7 14.1392134831 139% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.0 48.8420337079 80% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.8 12.1743820225 130% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.05 12.1639044944 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.66 8.38706741573 115% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 100.480337079 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.8 11.2143820225 132% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => 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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