Parents should be able to monitor and restrict which books, digital media, or other information their children access at or check out of the public library.
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.
The issue of what information children should be able to consume is a contentious one, with a wide variety of opinions from different groups of parents. The prompt's position is that parents should be able to monitor the media consumption of their child at a public library. I mostly disagree with this stance, for three specific reasons.
First, an argument that may arise in favour of the prompt is that parents know what is best for their child, and must be able to provide them with only the kinds of books and information that they believe are adequate for the child. But do they always know what is best? Consider the recent banning of books by some US states' governments: This ban was also enacted for some children’s books that the state governments concluded as being 'immoral' or 'undemocratic'. However, these terms are subjective, and could be abused by the government to withhold books that they believe to be mocking their administration or their ideals. It has been found that many of these bans were unwarranted, although some states continue to enforce them. If a government takes such a stance, and the government was voted for by many parents, it would be reasonable to conclude that a lot of parents sided with the bans, in some cases even pushing to expand them. In this case, parents may also have unwarranted dislike for some books, or biases that they fail to acknowledge when not allowing their child to consume these kinds of media. This would be an unfair sort of 'censorship' of children’s books.
Second, even if we assume that parents acknowledge their biases and do not keep their children from consuming different kinds of media, parents who may actively restrict their children from reading some books may cause the children to be more tempted to try and read such material secretly. When children are discouraged from reading some kinds of books, they may want to read it even more. Overly strict parents have been observed to raise quiet and secretive children, and if such parents do not directly address why the book (or information) is bad, or wrong, then their children would not understand why their parents are stopping them. Also, if a parent allows their child to read only few kinds of books, they may not develop a reading habit, or may not be curious to learn more - important qualities to nurture in a child. In the real world, when they grow up, there is no one to shield them from forms of content that are immoral; parents should not overly monitor the books of a, say, teenage child who in that point in their life is grasping and learning new information about the world everyday.
Finally, most public libraries already have certain age restrictions for some kinds of books and media, that are assigned on the basis of a more objective judgement than a parent would make. Regulatory bodies ensure that material not recommended for children is given a 'rating' on what the minimum age of a consumer should be, to access that material. When libraries have this kind of system in place already, children would not be able to get inappropriate books past the librarian at the checkout, or even off the shelves that may be monitored or 'patrolled' by other employees. This simply eliminates the need for parents to monitor and restrict the media consumption of their child at the public library.
In conclusion, children should be able to access or check out whatever books they want from the public library, for the reasons explained above. Note that this is not a case for parents to not restrict their children from all kinds of media; the implications of this argument are confined to the media at public libraries. One may argue, "If parents are obligated to check on their children's media consumption all the time, then why not also at the public library?" However, due to the reasons listed above, the systems in place are in the children’s best interests, and they eliminate the need for a parent's intervention at the public library.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 255, Rule ID: TRY_AND[1]
Message: "Try and" is common in colloquial speech, but "'try to'" is recommended for writing.
Suggestion: try to
...ause the children to be more tempted to try and read such material secretly. When child...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 985, Rule ID: THE_PUNCT[1]
Message: Did you forget something after 'a'?
... should not overly monitor the books of a, say, teenage child who in that point in...
^^
Line 5, column 1096, Rule ID: EVERYDAY_EVERY_DAY[3]
Message: 'Everyday' is an adjective. Did you mean 'every day'?
Suggestion: every day
...earning new information about the world everyday. Finally, most public libraries alre...
^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 612, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'parents'' or 'parent's'?
Suggestion: parents'; parent's
...ests, and they eliminate the need for a parents intervention at the public library.
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, may, second, so, then, in conclusion, kind of, sort of, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 38.0 19.5258426966 195% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 23.0 12.4196629213 185% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 23.0 11.3162921348 203% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 63.0 33.0505617978 191% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 92.0 58.6224719101 157% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3319.0 2235.4752809 148% => OK
No of words: 687.0 442.535393258 155% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.83114992722 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.11963717896 4.55969084622 112% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.5724719898 2.79657885939 92% => OK
Unique words: 287.0 215.323595506 133% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.417758369723 0.4932671777 85% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1002.6 704.065955056 142% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 10.0 1.77640449438 563% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 29.0 23.0359550562 126% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 72.9662376284 60.3974514979 121% => OK
Chars per sentence: 144.304347826 118.986275619 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 29.8695652174 23.4991977007 127% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.73913043478 5.21951772744 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 5.13820224719 234% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.272533424475 0.243740707755 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.101910864633 0.0831039109588 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.061249612725 0.0758088955206 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.19839240822 0.150359130593 132% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0486015848227 0.0667264976115 73% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 14.1392134831 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.5 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.33 12.1639044944 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.09 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 131.0 100.480337079 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 11.8971910112 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.6 11.2143820225 121% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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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 5, column 255, Rule ID: TRY_AND[1]
Message: "Try and" is common in colloquial speech, but "'try to'" is recommended for writing.
Suggestion: try to
...ause the children to be more tempted to try and read such material secretly. When child...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 985, Rule ID: THE_PUNCT[1]
Message: Did you forget something after 'a'?
... should not overly monitor the books of a, say, teenage child who in that point in...
^^
Line 5, column 1096, Rule ID: EVERYDAY_EVERY_DAY[3]
Message: 'Everyday' is an adjective. Did you mean 'every day'?
Suggestion: every day
...earning new information about the world everyday. Finally, most public libraries alre...
^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 612, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'parents'' or 'parent's'?
Suggestion: parents'; parent's
...ests, and they eliminate the need for a parents intervention at the public library.
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, may, second, so, then, in conclusion, kind of, sort of, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 38.0 19.5258426966 195% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 23.0 12.4196629213 185% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 23.0 11.3162921348 203% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 63.0 33.0505617978 191% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 92.0 58.6224719101 157% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3319.0 2235.4752809 148% => OK
No of words: 687.0 442.535393258 155% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.83114992722 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.11963717896 4.55969084622 112% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.5724719898 2.79657885939 92% => OK
Unique words: 287.0 215.323595506 133% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.417758369723 0.4932671777 85% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1002.6 704.065955056 142% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 10.0 1.77640449438 563% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 29.0 23.0359550562 126% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 72.9662376284 60.3974514979 121% => OK
Chars per sentence: 144.304347826 118.986275619 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 29.8695652174 23.4991977007 127% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.73913043478 5.21951772744 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 5.13820224719 234% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.272533424475 0.243740707755 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.101910864633 0.0831039109588 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.061249612725 0.0758088955206 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.19839240822 0.150359130593 132% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0486015848227 0.0667264976115 73% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 14.1392134831 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.5 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.33 12.1639044944 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.09 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 131.0 100.480337079 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 11.8971910112 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.6 11.2143820225 121% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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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.