A nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
A nation’s decision of whether to require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college is not an easy one. If fact, it is not uncommon that within a nation you have different regions all studying different curriculum. The prompt recommends that a nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college. In my opinion, I mostly agree with the suggestion and argue that a nation should standardize the curriculum based on two reasons.
Those opposed to a standardized curriculum may argue that such a curriculum may limit students with unique skills and abilities. For example, it is not uncommon for many schools to have advanced math and science programs for students that excel in these areas. However, by forcing everyone to take the same curriculum, you may risk limiting these students and not allow them to fully develop their skills and potential. In addition, by forcing the same curriculum onto all children, you may risk kids not being able to explore all their interests; thus, leading to high school graduates who don’t know what they want to pursue in college. Overall, these examples show how a standardized curriculum could lead one to support the idea that teaching the same national curriculum to everyone may limit students’ abilities to fully develop their skills and abilities, as well as explore their interests.
Although this is a compelling argument, I still mostly agree that the same national curriculum should be taught to all students. One reason is because it ensures that all students are meeting a certain standard of competency and ability, and not just attending schools with easier programs. For example, in the United States, southern states such as Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana are frequently near the bottom in terms of standardized test scores for middle and high school students. These test scores primarily hinge on math, science, and reading and writing courses taught within the schools. However, upon closer analysis, it becomes apparent that these states often skimp on these vital courses. Another example is language courses such as Spanish. In the United States, Spanish is frequently taught in southwest border states such as California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas and often requires two or more years of language. However, many norther region schools (which overwhelmingly speak English) often don’t have these requirements, or at best only require one year of language. That said, these examples show that in order to ensure all students meet a certain level of competency and ability, the same national curriculum should be taught to all students.
The second reason I believe the same curriculum should be taught to all students is because it will significantly streamline the educational process and could lead to reduced costs. For example, faculty often spend a lot of time and tax payer money “hotly” debating which courses should be utilized within their region. However, by having a set standard, everyone would know exactly which courses needed to be completed, so there would be no need to debate or lobby for a specific curriculum; thus, saving schools a lot of time and money. In addition, schools would be able to properly plan their yearly educational budget because they would know the exact courses that would be taught and their associated costs; which would again streamline the educational process.
Overall, this is a very complex issue with no easy answers. One could argue that the same national curriculum should not be taught so students are not limited by a “set” curriculum and can fully explore their interests. However, I believe that the same national curriculum should be taught to all students until they enter college. This will ensure that all students meet a certain standard of competency and ability and will also streamline the educational process and could lead to reduced costs for schools.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 163, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, if, may, second, so, still, thus, well, for example, in addition, such as, as well as, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 28.0 12.4196629213 225% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 26.0 14.8657303371 175% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 56.0 33.0505617978 169% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 58.6224719101 107% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3379.0 2235.4752809 151% => OK
No of words: 645.0 442.535393258 146% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.23875968992 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.03952876749 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73403017143 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 266.0 215.323595506 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.412403100775 0.4932671777 84% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1043.1 704.065955056 148% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 15.0 6.24550561798 240% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.8348260638 60.3974514979 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 129.961538462 118.986275619 109% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.8076923077 23.4991977007 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.42307692308 5.21951772744 85% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.347477834484 0.243740707755 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.119363002207 0.0831039109588 144% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.117544527182 0.0758088955206 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.232016749543 0.150359130593 154% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.123173311091 0.0667264976115 185% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.7 14.1392134831 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 48.8420337079 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.41 12.1639044944 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.89 8.38706741573 94% => OK
difficult_words: 125.0 100.480337079 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => 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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