Life today is easier and more comfortable than it was when your grandparents were children.
Not Good But Still Better
We tend to believe people before us lived simpler and less competitive lives. This sort of nostalgic sentiment can be easily brewed and attached to the imagination of the past when life is hard now. It is true that, when our grandparents were still children, they didn't have to cram up for exams or undergo a whole weekend on a busy schedule planned by their parents. However, it is very unlikely that anyone would trade their childhood with that of their grandparents, because life today is still much easier and more comfortable, especially in China.
Although most children today have been shouldering the excessive burden of study ever since they begin to memorize the alphabets, this burden is still lighter than the responsibilities our grandparents had to take when they were young. It is undeniable that a study schedule of any student today is quite appalling to their grandparents. 8 hours at school, 2 on homework, 1 on piano and 1 on English vocabulary, not mentioning a full weekend schedule of private tutoring on various subject and the goddam Math Olympiads, would make any grandma's heart break for her little pumpkin. Every loving grandparent would say they didn't have such a torturing early education, but what they don't tell us is how miserable their childhoods were.
A majority of our grandparents were born between the 50s and 60s or even earlier. As history tells us, these were turbulent times when children had no access to formal education and were subject to occasional starvation and constant poverty. Even though they didn't have to worry about their final exams or school projects, they still had a lot on their minds, such as finding a job to bring extra cash for the family or surviving a cold winter or a famine. Compared with today, the living standard then would instantly scare off any only child who has been living with all his needs satisfied. Put like this, an education, even a harsh one, can be regarded as a blessing. It's actually a very simple choice if facts are totally revealed to us: 1) a childhood of educational ordeal, sleep deprivation and constant competition, yet in a comfy environment, or 2) a childhood of physical labor, half-full stomach and obscure future, yet without exorbitant amount of homework.
Nevertheless, let's suppose there are two daredevil kids, a boy and a girl, who still want to get rid of the incessant coming of workbooks and wish to be two “care-free” children in the middle of the 20th century. If he was lucky to a first-born in a family with no political disadvantage, AKA a poor peasant family, it would be likely for him to experience a famine and later be caught in an armed street fight. If she was born in a city, she might escape the fate of being eaten during the famine and perhaps she would be forced to drop out of school and go to a rural area, leaving behind all the luxuries a city life could provide. Hey, maybe that's how grandpa met grandma!
That sounds awful but was exactly what happened to our grandparents when they were young. Of course, I know our children today suffer a lot: morbid education, tough love from their parents, etc., but when one is told how most of our grandparents' childhoods were really like, the only right thing to do is quit whining and live a happy life, which is every grandparent's wish for their grandchild.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 265, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
... grandparents were still children, they didnt have to cram up for exams or undergo a ...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 537, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'grandmas'' or 'grandma's'?
Suggestion: grandmas'; grandma's
...e goddam Math Olympiads, would make any grandmas heart break for her little pumpkin. Eve...
^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 622, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...Every loving grandparent would say they didnt have such a torturing early education, ...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 681, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...orturing early education, but what they dont tell us is how miserable their childhoo...
^^^^
Line 7, column 260, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
... and constant poverty. Even though they didnt have to worry about their final exams o...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 584, Rule ID: NEEDS_FIXED[1]
Message: "needs satisfied" is only accepted in certain dialects. For something more widely acceptable, try 'satisfiing' or 'to be satisfied'.
Suggestion: satisfiing; to be satisfied
... who has been living with all his needs satisfied. Put like this, an education, even a ha...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 673, Rule ID: IT_IS[6]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: It's; It is
...rsh one, can be regarded as a blessing. Its actually a very simple choice if facts ...
^^^
Line 9, column 647, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: that's
...s a city life could provide. Hey, maybe thats how grandpa met grandma! That sounds...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, first, however, if, may, nevertheless, really, so, still, then, of course, sort of, such as, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 33.0 15.1003584229 219% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 9.8082437276 102% => OK
Conjunction : 28.0 13.8261648746 203% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.0286738351 127% => OK
Pronoun: 50.0 43.0788530466 116% => OK
Preposition: 67.0 52.1666666667 128% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 8.0752688172 136% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2792.0 1977.66487455 141% => OK
No of words: 586.0 407.700716846 144% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.76450511945 4.8611393121 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.92010537223 4.48103885553 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70488097478 2.67179642975 101% => OK
Unique words: 334.0 212.727598566 157% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.569965870307 0.524837075471 109% => OK
syllable_count: 853.2 618.680645161 138% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 9.59856630824 146% => OK
Article: 5.0 3.08781362007 162% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.51792114695 199% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.86738351254 268% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.94265232975 20% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.6003584229 92% => OK
Sentence length: 30.0 20.1344086022 149% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 65.4598902376 48.9658058833 134% => OK
Chars per sentence: 146.947368421 100.406767564 146% => OK
Words per sentence: 30.8421052632 20.6045352989 150% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.21052631579 5.45110844103 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.53405017921 132% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 8.0 5.5376344086 144% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 3.85842293907 259% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.88709677419 20% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.247116394388 0.236089414692 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0720142468275 0.076458572812 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0640656036748 0.0737576698707 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.123294790013 0.150856017488 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.08368519405 0.0645574589148 130% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.4 11.7677419355 139% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.49 58.1214874552 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 10.1575268817 136% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.92 10.9000537634 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.49 8.01818996416 106% => OK
difficult_words: 125.0 86.8835125448 144% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.002688172 140% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.0 10.0537634409 139% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.247311828 137% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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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 265, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
... grandparents were still children, they didnt have to cram up for exams or undergo a ...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 537, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'grandmas'' or 'grandma's'?
Suggestion: grandmas'; grandma's
...e goddam Math Olympiads, would make any grandmas heart break for her little pumpkin. Eve...
^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 622, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...Every loving grandparent would say they didnt have such a torturing early education, ...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 681, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...orturing early education, but what they dont tell us is how miserable their childhoo...
^^^^
Line 7, column 260, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
... and constant poverty. Even though they didnt have to worry about their final exams o...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 584, Rule ID: NEEDS_FIXED[1]
Message: "needs satisfied" is only accepted in certain dialects. For something more widely acceptable, try 'satisfiing' or 'to be satisfied'.
Suggestion: satisfiing; to be satisfied
... who has been living with all his needs satisfied. Put like this, an education, even a ha...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 673, Rule ID: IT_IS[6]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: It's; It is
...rsh one, can be regarded as a blessing. Its actually a very simple choice if facts ...
^^^
Line 9, column 647, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: that's
...s a city life could provide. Hey, maybe thats how grandpa met grandma! That sounds...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, first, however, if, may, nevertheless, really, so, still, then, of course, sort of, such as, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 33.0 15.1003584229 219% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 9.8082437276 102% => OK
Conjunction : 28.0 13.8261648746 203% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.0286738351 127% => OK
Pronoun: 50.0 43.0788530466 116% => OK
Preposition: 67.0 52.1666666667 128% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 8.0752688172 136% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2792.0 1977.66487455 141% => OK
No of words: 586.0 407.700716846 144% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.76450511945 4.8611393121 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.92010537223 4.48103885553 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70488097478 2.67179642975 101% => OK
Unique words: 334.0 212.727598566 157% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.569965870307 0.524837075471 109% => OK
syllable_count: 853.2 618.680645161 138% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 9.59856630824 146% => OK
Article: 5.0 3.08781362007 162% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.51792114695 199% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.86738351254 268% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.94265232975 20% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.6003584229 92% => OK
Sentence length: 30.0 20.1344086022 149% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 65.4598902376 48.9658058833 134% => OK
Chars per sentence: 146.947368421 100.406767564 146% => OK
Words per sentence: 30.8421052632 20.6045352989 150% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.21052631579 5.45110844103 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.53405017921 132% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 8.0 5.5376344086 144% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 3.85842293907 259% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.88709677419 20% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.247116394388 0.236089414692 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0720142468275 0.076458572812 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0640656036748 0.0737576698707 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.123294790013 0.150856017488 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.08368519405 0.0645574589148 130% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.4 11.7677419355 139% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.49 58.1214874552 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 10.1575268817 136% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.92 10.9000537634 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.49 8.01818996416 106% => OK
difficult_words: 125.0 86.8835125448 144% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.002688172 140% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.0 10.0537634409 139% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.247311828 137% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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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.