"In most professions and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge."

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"In most professions and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge."

With the rise of the internet and a burgeoning middle class with freshly printed diplomas, knowledge is widespread. Students at one of the nations multitudes of universities studiously contemplate various topics, ranging from medieval literature to foreign languages to film. The question at hand is how to best access and apply this knowledge. I strongly agree that imagination is essential to any academic or professional field. Bolstering my position is an examination of the underlying assumption and an exploration of two case studies.

First, we must analyze the claim which lurks in the shadows of this statement. our prompt specifically states that imagination is more important than knowledge for most professions and academic careers, implying a pre-existing knowledge base. These are people who have studied and acquired knowledge in one of many thousands of streams of human thought. if we were merely discussing an insurance salesman, a more proper term for his work would be a "job" not a profession. By drawing out this assumption, we can see that the statement above is not attempting to say that knowledge is not required for success in such disciplines. In fact, that claim is ridiculous.

From here, we arrive at the dilemma of how to use and apply our learning. Application can only be done through imagination. it is the key that unlocks the door to learned fact. Consider, for example, a doctor. By going to medical school he knows each of the body systems, has memorized the bones of the body, and can recite, from memory, a list of symptoms for several common diseases. But, when this doctor meets his patient in the examination room, his knowledge is no longer enough. The previous statement becomes more poignant if the patient has visited several other doctors to no avail. From here, he will have to apply knowledge in a unique and creative way to nurse this desperate person back to health. Where conventional wisdom fails - and it will fail - imagination is all the more important.

A second convenient case study is that of an engineer. While a doctor can reasonably believe that respected treatments will work for most patients, our engineer cannot hold to that steady ground. Instead, each task is different. Building a bridge is not the same as crafting supports for a house. In this case, the fundamentals are applied to the scenario at hand. In other words, the support beams of the housedo not need to carry as much weight as the support beams of a freeway bridge in New York City.

In conclusion, imagination is often more important than knowledge. Naturally, ignorance is not permissible in such fields. However, this statement provided implies that people already hold such knowledge within themselves, and are now in need of a way to direct the inward movements of though and memorization toward an external object.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: to the best
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...lurks in the shadows of this statement. our prompt specifically states that imagina...
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... thousands of streams of human thought. if we were merely discussing an insurance ...
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...ly, ignorance is not permissible in such fields. However, this statement provided...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, second, so, while, for example, in conclusion, in fact, in other words

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 33.0505617978 106% => OK
Preposition: 63.0 58.6224719101 107% => OK
Nominalization: 20.0 12.9106741573 155% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2403.0 2235.4752809 107% => OK
No of words: 474.0 442.535393258 107% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06962025316 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.66599839874 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.90569458959 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 265.0 215.323595506 123% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.559071729958 0.4932671777 113% => OK
syllable_count: 743.4 704.065955056 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => 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: 29.0 20.2370786517 143% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 23.0359550562 69% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 46.2464575884 60.3974514979 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 82.8620689655 118.986275619 70% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.3448275862 23.4991977007 70% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.27586206897 5.21951772744 63% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.83258426966 228% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.131697765343 0.243740707755 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0350819109296 0.0831039109588 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0795045185473 0.0758088955206 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0759644324192 0.150359130593 51% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0522295411812 0.0667264976115 78% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.6 14.1392134831 75% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 48.8420337079 113% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.83 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.69 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 128.0 100.480337079 127% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 11.8971910112 63% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.2143820225 75% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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