College students should base their choice of a field of study on the availability of jobs in that field.
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.
The claim that students should choose a field depending on the job available has been a subject of debate since the modern universities came into existence. Frankly, this is a complex topic and one can easily provide sound arguments for both the cases. In my opinion, one should choose the courses such that it will be easier to find jobs after graduation for the following two reasons.
Firstly, it is almost impossible to pursue a field without a stable job. We can always take the courses we like but if there no jobs in that field then we can never pursue that field outside the college. For example, let’s assume that I want to be a nuclear physicist and I want to work in a nuclear reactor and we know for a fact that the number of nuclear reactors are declining as countries are opting for more renewable energy resources. Unsurprisingly, I am unable to find a job in a nuclear reactor after my graduation. Now, how can I satiate my desire to do nuclear fission in a controlled chamber? Since there are no jobs available in the market the only place I can do nuclear reactions is in my college laboratory. The sole purpose of pursuing a field of interest is to be able to work in that field outside the college. If we can’t find a job in that field then I don’t see a way to pursue that field sustainably. Well, one can always pursue things at their expense, but one can only go so long without paying the rent
Furthermore, for most people, the sole purpose of higher studies is to bag a high paying job. By the time a person is ready to enroll in the college, he is already an adult. He has to take care of himself and his finances. He has to take financial loans to pay for the college tuition fees, food, and accommodation. If he is not able to find a high paying job after graduation he will be unable to pay his loans. Then, the interest on loans will grow up and he will be unable to make any major decision in his life soon. For example, he might get stuck in a low paying job and can shift to other fields or go for post-graduation because of the financial burden he has accumulated during his undergraduate class. On the other hand, if he has chosen his courses wisely, he will be able his loans on time. Then, he will be free of the financial burden and will be able to pursue other interests, like going for higher studies or developing a hobby.
On the other hand, we can argue that just following the job market is also a wrong approach as it hinders creativity and breakthroughs. For example, before Einstein, the physics as a field was assumed to be saturated and people didn’t expect any breakthroughs. The field was already rife with big personalities like Newton, Tesla, and Edison. Had Einstein focussed on job oriented fields and didn’t follow his passion, the physics would have been very different from as we know it today. So, not listening for trends in a field can sometimes lead to breakthroughs.
The reasons to choose a field of study is very subjective and there are no easy answers. Of course, the safer approach is to follow the market trends to ensure the job after graduation but it also doesn’t hurt to take the road less traveled once in a while.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, frankly, furthermore, if, so, then, well, while, as to, for example, of course, in my opinion, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.6327345309 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 22.0 12.9520958084 170% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 11.1786427146 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 13.6137724551 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 53.0 28.8173652695 184% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 76.0 55.5748502994 137% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 16.3942115768 49% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2652.0 2260.96107784 117% => OK
No of words: 588.0 441.139720559 133% => OK
Chars per words: 4.51020408163 5.12650576532 88% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.9242980521 4.56307096286 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.65487902142 2.78398813304 95% => OK
Unique words: 253.0 204.123752495 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.430272108844 0.468620217663 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 832.5 705.55239521 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59920159681 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 4.96107784431 222% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 9.0 8.76447105788 103% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.70958083832 185% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.67365269461 179% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.22255489022 189% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 19.7664670659 137% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 22.8473053892 92% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.3228893295 57.8364921388 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.2222222222 119.503703932 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.7777777778 23.324526521 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.14814814815 5.70786347227 90% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.25449101796 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 8.20758483034 171% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 6.88822355289 116% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.67664670659 107% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.16142344762 0.218282227539 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0546679551084 0.0743258471296 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.043292364605 0.0701772020484 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0987960857206 0.128457276422 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0271373301331 0.0628817314937 43% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.7 14.3799401198 74% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 67.08 48.3550499002 139% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.197005988 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 8.88 12.5979740519 70% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.28 8.32208582834 87% => OK
difficult_words: 97.0 98.500998004 98% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 12.3882235529 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.1389221557 93% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.9071856287 92% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.