Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
In the last Indian general elections, there was a strong wave of anti-incumbency which replaced the Indian National Congress from power. One of the reasons behind the public angst was the increasing number of scandals against the ruling party. Scandals focus our attention to the problems, but they are not useful because the goal should be to nip the problems in the bud. The problems need to be addressed diligently and seriously when they first show up, so that there is no use of scandals. Also as the old adage goes "Prevention is better than a cure".
In a government, scandals engender doubt and public anger. Democracy is known for stability and trust of the people on the government, and when the elective representatives are involved in egregious acts undiscovered by scandals it damages the image of the government and people involved in politics. Increasing mistrust among the public removes their confidence from the electoral system. When one sees the government as ineffective, they become indifferent to the day to day activities of it, and an aloofness takes over which prevents them from raising their voices against the wrongdoings of the government.
Scandals also scare people from living a public life, they make it difficult to live. Scandalous events judge people before the law, and sometimes innocent people have to suffer and their careers, life, relationships are ruined. Scandals are a source of great revenue for the news channels and they try to add a lot of spice in any news related to the scandals. Scandals can provide distorted information, twisted stories, and exaggerated claims. They have destroyed many lives, careers, and health of people.
Scandals can bring fore trivial issues and divert attention from important problems. There have been cases in India where viral youtube videos have got more attention than a famine where hundreds of people were suffering. When the veil is lifted from a scandalous event, everyone related to them are in a damage control mode which can exacerbate the problem. The knee jerk reactions of the government, any laws or rules passed in a hurry to appease the infuriated public can have adverse effect in the long run.
Though sometimes scandals unearth severe social, political or financial issues, a channel is required to address. If the legal framework and policies are weak then any issues highlighted by the scandals will not be of any use. People forget these scandals and they dont reach to any conclusion.
Scandals help in exposing the underlying issues and problems, but we should not rely and wait for a scandal. It is said that prevention is better than cure, so we should try to prevent the problems from developing and nip them in the bud. There are effective ways of dealing with problems and issues without allowing them to grow and the wait for scandals to highlight them
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, so, then
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.6327345309 107% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.9520958084 69% => OK
Conjunction : 23.0 11.1786427146 206% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 11.0 13.6137724551 81% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 28.8173652695 87% => OK
Preposition: 62.0 55.5748502994 112% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 16.3942115768 79% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2421.0 2260.96107784 107% => OK
No of words: 477.0 441.139720559 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.07547169811 5.12650576532 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.67336384929 4.56307096286 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73338925702 2.78398813304 98% => OK
Unique words: 247.0 204.123752495 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.517819706499 0.468620217663 110% => OK
syllable_count: 740.7 705.55239521 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 4.96107784431 81% => OK
Interrogative: 2.0 0.471057884232 425% => OK
Article: 3.0 8.76447105788 34% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.70958083832 185% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.67365269461 418% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.22255489022 47% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 19.7664670659 121% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 22.8473053892 83% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.4247233408 57.8364921388 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.875 119.503703932 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.875 23.324526521 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.25 5.70786347227 22% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.15768463074 116% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.25449101796 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.20758483034 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 20.0 6.88822355289 290% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.67664670659 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.173299771692 0.218282227539 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0518504397459 0.0743258471296 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0538187331674 0.0701772020484 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0924628927672 0.128457276422 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0472453456423 0.0628817314937 75% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 14.3799401198 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.3550499002 108% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.197005988 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.18 12.5979740519 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.62 8.32208582834 104% => OK
difficult_words: 122.0 98.500998004 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 12.3882235529 65% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.1389221557 86% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6 -- The score is based on the average performance of 20,000 argument essays. This e-grader is not smart enough to check on arguments.
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