Some people feel academics should be given more importance than extra- curricular activities in schools and colleges. What is your opinion?

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Some people feel academics should be given more importance than extra- curricular activities in schools and colleges. What is your opinion?

 In educational systems, where marks scored in examinations stand as the main criterion for defining success, it is not surprising that schools and parents give more importance to text book studies and rote learning. However, education does not mean mere dissemination of knowledge. Its main objective is to promote holistic personalities and as such, I believe, confidence building activities are as important as learning from books.

 Co-curricular activities like Public Speaking and Theatre, work wonders in increasing communication skills and confidence. This will help the students to shine in interviews and group discussions, thereby increasing their chances of landing prestigious jobs. Music, dance and other performing arts remove stage fright, opening doors for further interaction with a large audience. More importantly, such recreations serve to relax the overworked brain and re-infuse interest  for more brainwork.

Playground is the best place where the foundation of character can be laid. Group sports promote team spirit, give and take attitude and the mindset to put the needs of the team before one’s selfish interests. Sports, not only provides physical fitness but also mental well-being. It also inculcates leadership qualities, people management abilities and provides valuable lessons in co-operation. This will stand the students in good stead when they move out of the portals of schools and join the work force. Therefore, educational institutes should provide adequate environment for physical exercise as well as mentally stimulating activities that can lay foundation for well- rounded personalities.

To conclude, in my view, academic excellence combined with support activities such as public speaking and sports are of utmost importance for shaping a generation that can withstand the challenges of life.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, so, therefore, well, such as, as well as, in my view

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 13.1623246493 53% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 10.4138276553 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 12.0 24.0651302605 50% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 41.998997996 62% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 8.3376753507 192% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1604.0 1615.20841683 99% => OK
No of words: 273.0 315.596192385 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.87545787546 5.12529762239 115% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.06481385082 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.15421413449 2.80592935109 112% => OK
Unique words: 182.0 176.041082164 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.666666666667 0.561755894193 119% => OK
syllable_count: 477.9 506.74238477 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 0.0 2.52805611222 0% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.2975951904 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.0871512485 49.4020404114 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.571428571 106.682146367 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.5 20.7667163134 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.42857142857 7.06120827912 77% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 8.67935871743 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.129703867431 0.244688304435 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0367583755081 0.084324248473 44% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0306664626377 0.0667982634062 46% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.07408373612 0.151304729494 49% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0123560471065 0.056905535591 22% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.0 13.0946893788 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.27 50.2224549098 70% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 11.3001002004 116% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.82 12.4159519038 135% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.9 8.58950901804 115% => OK
difficult_words: 92.0 78.4519038076 117% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.1190380762 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.7795591182 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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