The following is an excerpt from a speech given to the School Board about a change to the curriculum:
"Because the future will be dominated by technology, we must make four years of computer programming mandatory for all high school students. If our students take these classes, they’ll all be able to get high-paying programming jobs and lead fulfilling lives because software engineers and data scientists have the best job prospects and salaries. Therefore, we must educate our students so they can secure these kinds of jobs. Even if they pursue other careers, programming will still benefit them, given that all industries are becoming more technological."
The givent excerpt regarding the change in curriculum states that making four years of computer programming mandatory for all high school students will guarantee high-paying jobs for the students in their future. The argument can be properly evaluated only after looking closely at the several stated and unstated assumptions.
Firstly, there is no basis for the given claim that making four years of programming mandatory for high schoolers will be able to get them high paying jobs in the field of data science and software engineering, and lead fulfilling lives. On what grounds is the period of "four" years chosen? There is no clear answer for this question in the given excerpt. And there is absolutely no evidence or proof to show that the knowledge gained from four years of learning programming in high school would be sufficient enough to pursue a career in programming related fields. If only information was provided regarding the exact topics that would be covered in the curriculum with respect to programming, the argument could have been considerable.
Moreover, a student is a young, budding individual who has a wide range of scope in terms of career options. Sure, software engineers and data scientists have great job oppurtunities and salaries, but these aren't the only two career paths that fetch a good amount of money for leading a fulfiling life. A child or student should be allowed to have the freedom to choose what he wants to pursue for a career based on his or her interests. And not everyone develops interests within a period of time. Some students might develop interest in a particular field at a very young age, while others might still be in the stage of exploring and finding what interests them the most. Career is something that one will pursue for the rest of their lives. Imposing a particular career path is not a judicious choice. And there might be people who might want to switch up their careers as their interests develop. For example, Dr, A P J Abdul Kalam was a scientist way before he become the president of India. He pursued the career out of sheer interest and thirst for knowledge and he contributed a lot for the same. Later, he went on to become the president of India, doing a wonderful job at that too. This shows that one must not curb the scope of a child, as they say "Children are the future of tomorrow".
Secondly, even if we do consider that a student is interested in programming and the implementation of compuslory computer programming proves beneficial for the child in learning and developing his interests, there is no guarantee that he'll land a job in the future. Many other factors come into play when we consider the scenario of getting placed for a job. The comminication skills, knowledge in other fields important for that particular job, experience in leadership roles, etc. play a major role in getting selected for a job. Furthermore, the claim goes on say that even if a student is choosing to pursue other careers, programming will benefit them as all industries are becoming technological. I agree that technology is taking over the world and making life easier for us in many different ways. That doesn't mean programming will serve as an useful asset if a person chooses to pursue a career path that is completely unrelated to computers or programming, like architecture or liguist or politics or fine arts. For example, if an architectural industry is becoming technological, it will contain people to do the technical work for them; it isn't necessary that an architect needs to be well versed with programming, because his job will not require that.
In conclusion, the given excerpt is riddled with fallacies and unwarranted assumptions. Without the necessary evidences and information, the given argument does not hold water.
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Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.0 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 13 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 14 2
No. of Sentences: 28 15
No. of Words: 648 350
No. of Characters: 3110 1500
No. of Different Words: 311 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 5.045 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.799 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.748 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 215 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 159 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 119 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 83 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 23.143 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 10.137 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.429 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.243 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.442 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.129 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 271, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... lives. On what grounds is the period of 'four' years chosen? There is ...
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Line 3, column 476, Rule ID: AFFORD_VBG[1]
Message: This verb is used with infinitive: 'to program', 'to programme'.
Suggestion: to program; to programme
...edge gained from four years of learning programming in high school would be sufficient enou...
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Line 5, column 208, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: aren't
...b oppurtunities and salaries, but these arent the only two career paths that fetch a ...
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Line 5, column 484, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...ot everyone develops interests within a period of time. Some students might develop interest i...
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Line 5, column 1311, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ldren are the future of tomorrow'. Secondly, even if we do consider that a ...
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Line 7, column 237, Rule ID: HELL[1]
Message: Did you mean 'he'll'?
Suggestion: he'll
...s interests, there is no guarantee that hell land a job in the future. Many other fa...
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Line 7, column 485, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Play
...b, experience in leadership roles, etc. play a major role in getting selected for a ...
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Line 7, column 787, Rule ID: NUMEROUS_DIFFERENT[1]
Message: Use simply 'many'.
Suggestion: many
... world and making life easier for us in many different ways. That doesnt mean programming will...
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Line 7, column 813, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...ier for us in many different ways. That doesnt mean programming will serve as an usefu...
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Line 7, column 851, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'a' instead of 'an' if the following word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a sentence', 'a university'
Suggestion: a
...t doesnt mean programming will serve as an useful asset if a person chooses to pur...
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Line 7, column 1154, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: isn't
...e to do the technical work for them; it isnt necessary that an architect needs to be...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, furthermore, if, look, moreover, regarding, second, secondly, so, still, well, while, for example, in conclusion, with respect to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.6327345309 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.9520958084 131% => OK
Conjunction : 24.0 11.1786427146 215% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 20.0 13.6137724551 147% => OK
Pronoun: 44.0 28.8173652695 153% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 71.0 55.5748502994 128% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 16.3942115768 67% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3203.0 2260.96107784 142% => OK
No of words: 644.0 441.139720559 146% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.97360248447 5.12650576532 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.0375743251 4.56307096286 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88907478533 2.78398813304 104% => OK
Unique words: 317.0 204.123752495 155% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.492236024845 0.468620217663 105% => OK
syllable_count: 985.5 705.55239521 140% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 4.96107784431 141% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.76447105788 114% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 2.70958083832 221% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 5.0 1.67365269461 299% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.22255489022 95% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 29.0 19.7664670659 147% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 22.8473053892 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 62.4354696593 57.8364921388 108% => OK
Chars per sentence: 110.448275862 119.503703932 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2068965517 23.324526521 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.1724137931 5.70786347227 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 11.0 5.25449101796 209% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 8.20758483034 219% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 6.88822355289 73% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.67664670659 128% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.323466606504 0.218282227539 148% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0758797156769 0.0743258471296 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0896709565446 0.0701772020484 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.19704643965 0.128457276422 153% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.113597525249 0.0628817314937 181% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 14.3799401198 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.3550499002 119% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.197005988 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.55 12.5979740519 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.16 8.32208582834 98% => OK
difficult_words: 140.0 98.500998004 142% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 12.3882235529 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.1389221557 97% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.9071856287 92% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 Out of 6
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