College students should be encouraged to pursue subjects that interest them rather than the courses that seem most likely to lead to jobs

Education never fails to strike people's nerves, especially in this era where competition among talents is becoming more and more daunting. When walking into college, it always makes one confused whether choosing the subjects that interest him most or those that help him find a job. Though some may prefer the latter choice, I strongly believe that college students should be encouraged to pursue subjects that they are interested in.

First and foremost, if we put the goal of finding a good job in the first place, we cannot get the hang of the knowledge that we should have mastered because we would only focus on those which would probably be asked during an interview. However, it is the passion for studying that matters. Let us take the programmers as an example. If you just want to get the offer, you may only pursue courses that would be listed on the job descriptions, while ignoring other fundamental subjects. Thus, when chatting with the interviewee, even if you can answer the professional questions quite fluently, it is easier for the interviewer to discern that you are driven for a job, not the passion to further study and challenge, for you are not good at other courses that may be less important yet inalienable for taking the job.

Furthermore, it is hard to tell whether a subject contributes to finding a job or not at the very beginning of college. After four years' study, those courses which seemed helpful are likely not to catch companies' eyes. Let's take finance as an example. There is no doubt that before 2008, it was one of those most lucrative majors. However, due to the economic crisis, lots of people in this area have lost their jobs. And other courses like computer science became popular in the job market. Hence, instead of taking the risk of betting on one choice, it is more plausible to pursue the subjects that you are interested in. In this way, your passion will motivate you and enable you to master the knowledge needed in this area, which makes you stand out among competitors.

Admittedly, some companies have an appetite for selecting candidates according to their major courses. However, it is not always the case. There are many people that achieve huge success even without finishing their studies, such as Bill Gates, who dropped out of college to chase his interest.

To sum up, though I agree that some courses would bring more financial benefits, I contend that college students should be encouraged to pursue subjects that interest them.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, may, so, thus, while, no doubt, such as, to sum up, in the first place

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 14.8657303371 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 22.0 11.3162921348 194% => OK
Pronoun: 56.0 33.0505617978 169% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 47.0 58.6224719101 80% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 12.9106741573 31% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2083.0 2235.4752809 93% => OK
No of words: 428.0 442.535393258 97% => OK
Chars per words: 4.86682242991 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.548423998 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.49323808213 2.79657885939 89% => OK
Unique words: 229.0 215.323595506 106% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.535046728972 0.4932671777 108% => OK
syllable_count: 643.5 704.065955056 91% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 0.0 4.99550561798 0% => OK
Subordination: 9.0 3.10617977528 290% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 69.6483129731 60.3974514979 115% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.15 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.4 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.75 5.21951772744 110% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => 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: 0.289474138481 0.243740707755 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0780566225914 0.0831039109588 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0977154567136 0.0758088955206 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.180321964441 0.150359130593 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.111750994301 0.0667264976115 167% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 14.1392134831 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 48.8420337079 120% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.97 12.1639044944 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.04 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 100.480337079 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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