Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could
The issue of whether scandals are useful for our society has engendered controversy and can be divided into two schools of thought. On the one hand, staunch defenders suggest that scandals constitute an appropriate measure for the well-being of modern societies, as they bolster justice and equality. On the other hand, opponents contend that they are used as a clue to confuse people and obfuscate other important hardships. I wholeheartedly believe, that scandals play an important role on everyday social problems, while sometimes they have also an abstruse appearance.
Firstly, scandals reveal many social or political problems that would have otherwise gone unnoticed. It is clearly illustrated at the case of the Watergate scandal that rocked the American politics in the 70’s. Although it initially seemed as an isolated case of minor importance, it quickly ballooned to a major scandal, thanks primarily to the focus by the media. Consequently, it helped to set a higher standard to which we hold public officials, while in office or during political campaigns. In addition, another case of major importance represents the Strauss-Kahn scandal. Dominique Strauss-Kahn gathered attention at his character when he was blamed of an alleged sexual assault by a maid at his hotel room in New York City. Because he was the president of the International Monetary Fund and also a respectful political figure in France, the scandal was a major issue that triggered questions on the proper behavior of politicians and high-ranking officials.
According to the other school of thought, scandals sometimes may undermine and cloak important problems in favor of some other facts. For instance, five years ago the president of a Greek University was accused that he had misappropriated public funds for personal use. The Greek community was shocked by this financial affair, but there were many other important problems that the government was trying to undermine. Thus, they refer to this incident as part of the overall financial problem, something that was soon forgotten while the president was also vindicated.
Most important, scandals have the unique ability to attract the interest of the masses because the common sense always looks and promotes negative circumstances. No other speaker or reformer could focus the attention of the individuals according to the way and the effectiveness that scandals adumbrate. Hence, the latter ones must also educate our society and not just entertain the audiences. For example, after the Strauss-Kahn affair, governments around the world should legislate and perform a common frame of rules that should be followed by all officials. Furthermore, in reference to the case of the Greek university, some financial and control measures should be implemented that every academic institution would be obliged to follow. That would be so prolific a solution, in order for our societies to prosper and learn from the past.
In summary, scandals play an important role to our societies as they achieve to inform the public about negative effects and dubious code of ethics. Their role is of great importance as they have the unique ability to transmit all the important information and details. They way scandals are promoted is the cornerstone of a healthy and equal society where all people can learn from the past and look forward to the future.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, first, firstly, furthermore, hence, if, look, may, so, thus, well, while, for example, for instance, in addition, in summary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 33.0505617978 115% => OK
Preposition: 66.0 58.6224719101 113% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2872.0 2235.4752809 128% => OK
No of words: 539.0 442.535393258 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.32838589981 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.81833721656 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89143576743 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 283.0 215.323595506 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.525046382189 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 903.6 704.065955056 128% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 31.4907393795 60.3974514979 52% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 119.666666667 118.986275619 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.4583333333 23.4991977007 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0 5.21951772744 134% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 13.0 5.13820224719 253% => 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: 0.25810873623 0.243740707755 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.069564383616 0.0831039109588 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0801781616822 0.0758088955206 106% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.12948961308 0.150359130593 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0346083476631 0.0667264976115 52% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.9 14.1392134831 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 48.8420337079 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 12.1743820225 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.93 12.1639044944 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.12 8.38706741573 109% => OK
difficult_words: 150.0 100.480337079 149% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 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.