It is more important for students to understand ideas and concepts than it is for them to learn facts

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It is more important for students to understand ideas and concepts than it is for them to learn facts

The roles of education in our society cannot be overemphasized. Through education, a good number of theories and facts have been established. However, facts are subject to change and can always be disproved anytime. For instance, one could easily agree to the fact that mercury is the hottest planet is he does not have an understanding of what sponsors planets' temperature. Therefore, I personally would argue that it is critically important for students to have a deep knowledge of their endeavors instead of learning facts that are subject to change. There are two reasons why I feel this way which I will explore in the following essay.

To begin with, studying to understand ideas and concepts will enable a student to apply his knowledge into solving problems. The essence of education, I believe is for students to be able to apply their knowledge in real life issues. This can only be done if a deep understanding of ideas and concepts are in place. My personal experience is a compelling example to illustrate this. During my second year in the university, I took a numerical analysis course through the mathematics department. Despite scoring 95% in the course, I never understood how it can be applied until my final year of study. It was during a Rock Mechanics class that my understanding of numerical analysis was questioned. I was given a technical project on designing rock support system for underground excavations which requires hands-on understanding of numerical analysis. I had to read over my second year mathematics course again, but this time around, I studied to grasp the concept of numerical modeling. Had I not understood numerical analysis by learning the concept, It might have been difficult to for me to apply the knowledge in my Rock Mechanics project.

Furthermore, studying to understand ideas and concepts will make a student valuable in the industries that relates to his field of study. It is not uncommon to say that industry work demand practical knowledge that is beyond the four walls of the classroom. For example, upon completion of my first degree, I was able to secure a high paying job in a construction company all because I was proficient in using AutoCAD. In contrast, some of my friends who we both submitted application for the job were not shortlisted due to the fact that they could not demonstrate a practical understanding of what we have learned in the class. This example clearly illustrates how important it is for students to understand ideas and concepts in their respective field of study.

In conclusion, I strongly believe that when students learn to acquire deep knowledge, ideas, and concepts of their courses, they will be indispensable in the industries and able to approach real time problems.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, however, if, second, so, therefore, for example, for instance, i feel, in conclusion, in contrast, to begin with

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 26.0 15.1003584229 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 9.8082437276 122% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 13.8261648746 65% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.0286738351 118% => OK
Pronoun: 54.0 43.0788530466 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 70.0 52.1666666667 134% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 8.0752688172 124% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2313.0 1977.66487455 117% => OK
No of words: 460.0 407.700716846 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02826086957 4.8611393121 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.6311565067 4.48103885553 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99673656779 2.67179642975 112% => OK
Unique words: 224.0 212.727598566 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.486956521739 0.524837075471 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 721.8 618.680645161 117% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 16.0 9.59856630824 167% => OK
Article: 3.0 3.08781362007 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.51792114695 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.86738351254 107% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.94265232975 142% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.6003584229 107% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.1344086022 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.1153718428 48.9658058833 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.136363636 100.406767564 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.9090909091 20.6045352989 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.22727272727 5.45110844103 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.5376344086 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.85842293907 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.88709677419 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.328442428304 0.236089414692 139% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0934890377594 0.076458572812 122% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0870181011984 0.0737576698707 118% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.199669478267 0.150856017488 132% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0757122519318 0.0645574589148 117% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 11.7677419355 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 58.1214874552 88% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 10.1575268817 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.89 10.9000537634 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.3 8.01818996416 104% => OK
difficult_words: 107.0 86.8835125448 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.002688172 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.0537634409 99% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.

So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:

reasons == advantages or

reasons == disadvantages

for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.

or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.


Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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