In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements within that field.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position
When thinking about the statement above a hackneyed adage comes to mind: “ Practice makes Perfect”. This trite quote can be applied to this context in that practice is analogous to the influence by past achievements while perfect is comparable to significant contributions. Personally, I agree with this statement due to several examples that are portrayed in history, literature, and science. In this essay I will provide two examples from sports and physics that buttress my position on this topic.
In the current world of sports, Cristiano Ronaldo is the world’s seconds highest paid athlete according to Forbes 2019. Ronaldo is a professional soccer player for Juventus FC with a very emotional childhood story. Having been raised in a poor family, Ronaldo rarely had the equipment or resources needed to develop himself properly in the world of soccer. Ronaldo had to learn from watching other players moves and skills. In addition, He watched and learned how to master dribbling, shooting, and even mental strength from the experience of other players. Therefore, before being able to create his own skill move “the Ronaldo chop” he had to master and learn the basic dribbling techniques of many of his predecessors such as Ronaldinoh and Beckham.
Another similar example can be seen in the field of theoretical physics. Steven Hawking probably has one of the most brilliant minds in that field. However, when studying at Cambridge university in his undergraduate career, Hawking was persistently reading and learning from the works of Albert Einstein. In fact, many of Hawking’s ground breaking discoveries were based on theories created by Einstein, Newton and other scientists before him. Additionally, in his book “Does God Play Dice” Hawking states that “ Without transmission of thought throughout generations, physics would have never reached the epitome it is currently at”.
The only context in which the statement fails to be accurate is when a new field is being completely created. We have all been the taught the tale of the apple falling on Newton’s head and how it lead him to establish the law of gravity. When he established that law, Newton created another field completely, namely gravitational physics. So, Newton created this field without being influenced by past achievements, simply because they did not exist. On the other hand, Newton used previously proven mathematical theorems and models in his development of the law of gravity which limits the degree of his originality.
As shown from the examples mentioned above, past experiences are critical for any further achievements in the field. Without learning what was done before in a field, one can never improve that field”.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 202, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'leads'?
Suggestion: leads
...alling on Newton's head and how it lead him to establish the law of gravity. Wh...
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Line 9, column 45, Rule ID: PAST_EXPERIENCE_MEMORY[1]
Message: Use simply 'experiences'.
Suggestion: experiences
...hown from the examples mentioned above, past experiences are critical for any further achievemen...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, second, so, therefore, while, in addition, in fact, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 33.0505617978 97% => OK
Preposition: 73.0 58.6224719101 125% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2351.0 2235.4752809 105% => OK
No of words: 436.0 442.535393258 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.39220183486 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.56953094068 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.94183274376 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 260.0 215.323595506 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.596330275229 0.4932671777 121% => OK
syllable_count: 706.5 704.065955056 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 10.0 4.38483146067 228% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.176974801 60.3974514979 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.863636364 118.986275619 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.8181818182 23.4991977007 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.36363636364 5.21951772744 84% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.1627956209 0.243740707755 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0527517479553 0.0831039109588 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0585013632588 0.0758088955206 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.10250717636 0.150359130593 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0639318720176 0.0667264976115 96% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 14.1392134831 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.8420337079 107% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.98 12.1639044944 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.65 8.38706741573 115% => OK
difficult_words: 140.0 100.480337079 139% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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