Some people believe that the most important qualities of an effective teacher are understanding and empathy. Others believe that it is more important for teachers to be rigorous and demanding in their expectations for students.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
What are the most important qualities of a teacher? Some people argue that understanding and empathy are the most imperative, while others think that they should be rigorous and demanding expectations. I concede that understanding and empathy do play a great role in the development of students, but the strict expectations are more effective in cultivating talents for the society and students themselves.
To begin with, it is true that teacher should have the qualities of being understanding and empathy. Each student is different and unique. Only when a teacher understands and knows well of the condition of a student, could this student develop healthily, especially on a mental level. These days, the increasing rate of student suicides has become a tragic reality, impacting both families and society. Various factors contribute to this phenomenon, such as heavy schoolwork, peer pressure and stress from family. If teachers are understanding and careful enough to pay more attention to some detailed actions, including the student’s moodiness, social withdraw and act abnormal behaviors, and then have a timely talk with the student to find the specific reasons and give some constructive and encouraging words, these kinds of tragedies could possibly be avoided. Thus, understanding and empathy are effective features for teachers to set a correct mindset for students and keep them mentally healthy.
However, I maintain that being rigorous and demanding in students' expectations is more significant, even the understanding is also important. If the teacher has a high demand in students' academic performances, they are more inclined to get a good score and have a better studying quality, because they are expected by someone. That will certainly give them motivations to strive for a high level. And teachers should have been strict in this field, because the purpose of education is to select students who are more excellent from many by a fair exam. Teachers are responsible for enabling the students to perform well in this exam. For instance, the "Gao Kao" in China is very rigorous and fair, every student should take it after high school, and that score helps to tell what levels are the students and which corresponding colleges should the students enter. If the expectations from the teachers are high, the student would be more diligent and they are more inclined to get into a top-notch university with a high score, which promotes more educational recourses and the possibility to be a talent.
Furthermore, teachers should not only limit their expectations on students' academic performance. A good educator should prepare students well for the future, that is, to be adapted to the fierce society. Teachers should cultivate the well-rounded ability of students by being rigorous and demanded. For example, students should learn the ability of time management, leadership, how to deal with the relationship between their boss and colleagues. That are all necessary in the later of their life.
To summarize, although understanding and empathy are crucial to student's development especially in mental health, I believe being rigorous in expectations is a more important quality for teachers, especially in the field of assisting selecting talents and preparing students to the future society.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 527, Rule ID: PROGRESSIVE_VERBS[1]
Message: This verb is normally not used in the progressive form. Try a simple form instead.
...ure and stress from family. If teachers are understanding and careful enough to pay more attentio...
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Line 3, column 840, Rule ID: MAY_COULD_POSSIBLY[1]
Message: Use simply 'could'.
Suggestion: could
...uraging words, these kinds of tragedies could possibly be avoided. Thus, understanding and emp...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, however, if, so, then, thus, well, while, for example, for instance, such as, it is true, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 32.0 19.5258426966 164% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 29.0 14.8657303371 195% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 33.0505617978 91% => OK
Preposition: 57.0 58.6224719101 97% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2820.0 2235.4752809 126% => OK
No of words: 523.0 442.535393258 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.39196940727 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78217453174 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.97797448946 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 250.0 215.323595506 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.478011472275 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 869.4 704.065955056 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 77.9234998806 60.3974514979 129% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.608695652 118.986275619 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.7391304348 23.4991977007 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.52173913043 5.21951772744 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
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: 0.461262351943 0.243740707755 189% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.141231798874 0.0831039109588 170% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.08224758282 0.0758088955206 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.2860028978 0.150359130593 190% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0736385365605 0.0667264976115 110% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.1392134831 108% => 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: 14.28 12.1639044944 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.68 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 131.0 100.480337079 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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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 3, column 527, Rule ID: PROGRESSIVE_VERBS[1]
Message: This verb is normally not used in the progressive form. Try a simple form instead.
...ure and stress from family. If teachers are understanding and careful enough to pay more attentio...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 840, Rule ID: MAY_COULD_POSSIBLY[1]
Message: Use simply 'could'.
Suggestion: could
...uraging words, these kinds of tragedies could possibly be avoided. Thus, understanding and emp...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, however, if, so, then, thus, well, while, for example, for instance, such as, it is true, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 32.0 19.5258426966 164% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 29.0 14.8657303371 195% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 33.0505617978 91% => OK
Preposition: 57.0 58.6224719101 97% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2820.0 2235.4752809 126% => OK
No of words: 523.0 442.535393258 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.39196940727 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78217453174 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.97797448946 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 250.0 215.323595506 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.478011472275 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 869.4 704.065955056 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 77.9234998806 60.3974514979 129% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.608695652 118.986275619 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.7391304348 23.4991977007 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.52173913043 5.21951772744 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
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: 0.461262351943 0.243740707755 189% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.141231798874 0.0831039109588 170% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.08224758282 0.0758088955206 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.2860028978 0.150359130593 190% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0736385365605 0.0667264976115 110% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.1392134831 108% => 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: 14.28 12.1639044944 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.68 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 131.0 100.480337079 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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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.