A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting yo

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A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.

Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position.

Submitted by shimonej on Sat, 09/28/2019 - 09:25

I believe the given recommendation falls short of considering many points which are vital to the matter at hand. If any nation adopts this measure, then in my opinion, it would very disadvantageous for a majority of people.

Firstly, almost all nations are not homogenous, be it culturally, linguistically, religiously or even socially. As a consequence, requiring students to study the same curriculum nation-wide would result in more harm than good. For instance, in India there are around 30 major recognised languages spoken everywhere and hundreds of more regional dialects in various states. The present curriculum takes language into consideration depending on the area, which facilitates the learning process for students all over the country. But if the above recommendation were to be applied, then it would put many students at a disadvantage.

Secondly, every school has its own curriculum, many a times in accordance with a standard national education board. This helps students and parents alike to choose according to their tailored learning interests. Also, each and every student has different specialties and interests which would necessitate a subject-specific knowledge and skill development before entering into college. If students are made to follow the same curriculum rather than enhancing their subject interests, it would eventually be deleterious to their intended careers. To give an illustration, suppose the curriculum is more focused on Business studies instead of Science, then a student wanting to pursue a career in Science would be placed at a disadvantage and might have lesser chances of getting into a college of their choice.

Furthermore, even if someone were to develop such a curriculum, it wouldn't be able to tend to the needs and subject interests of all students across the nation. This can result in a monotonous and a very banal syllabus which might not cater to students, which in turn can result in students losing interest in studying altogether.

Conversely, although this recommendation is largely fallacious, it can be helpful specifically in promoting homogenity in the learning background of all students, which would lead to a unbiased and fair education of all. Students could take comfort in the fact that they are all staring from the same point without anyone having any undue advantage in college.

In conclusion, I believe that this measure would be very extreme as illustrated by the above arguments. A national curriculum would not be favorable to many students and can result in many disadvantages. Moreover, it would be quite difficult to construct a curriculum that can cater to every students' learning interests.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a time' or simply 'times'?
Suggestion: a time; times
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Message: This verb is used with infinitive: 'to accord'.
Suggestion: to accord
...ps students and parents alike to choose according to their tailored learning interests. A...
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Suggestion: wouldn't
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Line 19, column 184, 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
...nd of all students, which would lead to a unbiased and fair education of all. Stu...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, conversely, first, firstly, furthermore, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, then, even so, for instance, in conclusion, in my opinion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 24.0 33.0505617978 73% => OK
Preposition: 62.0 58.6224719101 106% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2291.0 2235.4752809 102% => OK
No of words: 422.0 442.535393258 95% => OK
Chars per words: 5.42890995261 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.53239876712 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.13109225113 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 226.0 215.323595506 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.535545023697 0.4932671777 109% => OK
syllable_count: 720.9 704.065955056 102% => 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: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.1251480386 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.578947368 118.986275619 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2105263158 23.4991977007 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.63157894737 5.21951772744 146% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.211277022525 0.243740707755 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0741004575979 0.0831039109588 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0475235592202 0.0758088955206 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.118876156154 0.150359130593 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0398904740443 0.0667264976115 60% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.1392134831 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 48.8420337079 83% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 12.1743820225 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.21 12.1639044944 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.92 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 112.0 100.480337079 111% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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