"Missing
the point."
Some essays
claim that progress is always a good thing, for example, in school or in
one's career, but fail to talk about the sacrifices or disadvantages
involved in making that progress.
Other essays
missed the point in another way--they discussed how advancing in one
field might coincidentally lead to misfortune, for example, moving to a
new city because of a promotion at work and dying in a car accident in
the new city. Such an event is not truly related to the progress;
rather, it is simply an unfortunate coincidence.
Still other
essays did not discuss "progress;" rather, they discussed
"success" and the advantages and disadvantages of success
rather than the advantages and disadvantages of progress.