Leisure activities have increasingly become important as individuals become mentally, emotionally, and physically drained due to their busy environments like work and school. Recent studies show how beneficial hobbies can be, but a controversial topic is if it is better to enjoy recreation in one's free time or learn practical skills. No one can deny that each has advantages and disadvantages that vary depending on the individual and their way of life. However, if I had to choose, I would prefer to learn practical skills. It is my firm belief for two main reasons, which I will discuss in the subsequent paragraphs.
To begin with, learning practical skills can have positive outcomes, such as making you feel more confident and optimistic. I have to admit that my experience has impacted my view of it. I am a senior, and since I was little, I have enjoyed drawing, so when I had spare time, I would take the time to sketch daily objects. However, as I got into secondary school, I realized how I wasted my time on simple actions and decided to live smarter. During those times, I would volunteer to be a teacher's assistant for my art teacher. Although I was still in the field of art, through the experience I gained, I learned how to handle children, teach patiently, and clean efficiently. Although it was challenging to be in an environment I had never been in, it was worth it since I could expand my comfort zone. Thus, learning practical skills allows one to use and invest time efficiently.
One group of scholars illustrated how learning new skills without pressure results in long-term benefits. I can affirm that it is true through my experience in South Korea. In 2020, during the pandemic, my life choices were restricted, and I spent most of my time doing things I enjoyed, like reading a book and singing. Nonetheless, as time flew quickly, I knew that I had to do things differently. With a change of heart, I decided to take online courses in computer programming for free. Through practice and dedication, I not only got to review and refine my code programming skills but also realized what I wanted to major in during my university years. Through the process of learning, I learned that I wanted to work in the field of computers, and I would not have been able to if I continued to spend my days on my hobbies.
To sum up, it is better to acquire relevant skills than to simply indulge in a hobby because it offers a wide range of benefits, including expanding one's knowledge and having a direct path between academics and work.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, nonetheless, second, so, still, thus, such as, it is true, to begin with, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 10.4138276553 182% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 62.0 24.0651302605 258% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 41.998997996 150% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2117.0 1615.20841683 131% => OK
No of words: 448.0 315.596192385 142% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.72544642857 5.12529762239 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.60065326758 4.20363070211 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83485921656 2.80592935109 101% => OK
Unique words: 246.0 176.041082164 140% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549107142857 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 661.5 506.74238477 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 17.0 5.43587174349 313% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 0.0 2.52805611222 0% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.10420841683 238% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 6.0 0.809619238477 741% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 10.0 4.76152304609 210% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 16.0721442886 131% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.3355277012 49.4020404114 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.80952381 106.682146367 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3333333333 20.7667163134 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.09523809524 7.06120827912 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 8.67935871743 150% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.124141542648 0.244688304435 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0393717519609 0.084324248473 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0363054657375 0.0667982634062 54% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0709176673613 0.151304729494 47% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0457798560355 0.056905535591 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 13.0946893788 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 50.2224549098 117% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.3001002004 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.15 12.4159519038 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.45 8.58950901804 98% => OK
difficult_words: 107.0 78.4519038076 136% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 61.797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.5 Out of 9
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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.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, nonetheless, second, so, still, thus, such as, it is true, to begin with, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 10.4138276553 182% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 62.0 24.0651302605 258% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 41.998997996 150% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2117.0 1615.20841683 131% => OK
No of words: 448.0 315.596192385 142% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.72544642857 5.12529762239 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.60065326758 4.20363070211 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83485921656 2.80592935109 101% => OK
Unique words: 246.0 176.041082164 140% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549107142857 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 661.5 506.74238477 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 17.0 5.43587174349 313% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 0.0 2.52805611222 0% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.10420841683 238% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 6.0 0.809619238477 741% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 10.0 4.76152304609 210% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 16.0721442886 131% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.3355277012 49.4020404114 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.80952381 106.682146367 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3333333333 20.7667163134 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.09523809524 7.06120827912 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 8.67935871743 150% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.124141542648 0.244688304435 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0393717519609 0.084324248473 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0363054657375 0.0667982634062 54% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0709176673613 0.151304729494 47% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0457798560355 0.056905535591 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 13.0946893788 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 50.2224549098 117% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.3001002004 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.15 12.4159519038 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.45 8.58950901804 98% => OK
difficult_words: 107.0 78.4519038076 136% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 61.797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.5 Out of 9
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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.