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 the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.
Primary and secondary school constitutes the foundation of students journey in college, and influences their eventual career path. During these phases, students discover their prediection for the sciences, arts, maybe business. And while a cursory investigation of the merits of a policy that advocates for all students to follow a standardized curriculum or learning path obtainable all over the country would paint it as laudable, it is a myopic perspective on this issue for two reasons.
First, every student is unique, with his or her own challenges and strengths. The way students process information also varies across a very wide spectrum, from the geniuses to the challenged students. A standardized curriculum, by virtue of its nature, would be most suitable for students who fall within the median of this distribution. How is a student suffering from attention-deficient hyperactive disorder (ADHD) expected to learn at the same pace as the genius student? How is a blind student expected to learn the same sports as a student who can see? These examples demonstratae how the nature and speed of learning is anything but uniform. A homogenous curriculum would put already disadvantaged students in a more precarious position, while forcing precocious students to slow down their learning progress.
Also, the requirements for programs in college are different. Having the same national curriculum implies that students seeking admission into college have the same baseline knowledge. For courses that require a specialized level of knowledge, this is a potentially disastrous state of affairs. Medicine requires students conversant with biology and chemistry, sometimes at the detriment of other subjects like fine arts. On the other hand, a student applying for a Fine Arts major does not need to know how sub-atomic particles interact. A national curriculum smooths out the acuity of these students in the areas where they are supposed to excel in, instead making them learn things they will not need in college and their careers. Rather than advocate for this policy of a homogenous curriculum, diversification ought to be considered the closer one gets to picking a college. Vocational schools are even extreme in that they streamline a student's curriculum way before the student has to think of college, churning out students who are particularly skilled in one particular field.
However, using the vocational institutions as a basis, an argument can be made for how different curriculums can lead to students skilled in one aspect of life who will struggle in order areas. While a medical student might never need to be as good with a pencil as Leonardo Da Vinci, they do need to be able to sketch diagrams and the anatomy of their specimens. However, having a specialized curriculum need not be exclusive of incorporating elements of other fields essential in one's domain. This is not a zero-sum scenario where one can either be a doctor or a passable artist.
In conclusion, no nation should require that all its students study and be tested on the same pre-college curriculum. Students have different abilities and learn at different rates. The requirements of one's college degree and future career might also require one to specialize more in one field than a person pursuing another program would be expected to. However, in all things, moderation is expedient. A baseline curriculum can instead be suggested that covers essential life skills everyone ought to possess, rather than foisting an unfair and dare I say irrelevant curriculum on everyone.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 942, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'students'' or 'student's'?
Suggestion: students'; student's
... even extreme in that they streamline a students curriculum way before the student has t...
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Line 4, column 429, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ized curriculum need not be exclusive of incorporating elements of other fields e...
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Line 4, column 483, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...g elements of other fields essential in ones domain. This is not a zero-sum scenario...
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Line 5, column 202, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...at different rates. The requirements of ones college degree and future career might ...
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Line 5, column 558, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...r than foisting an unfair and dare I say irrelevant curriculum on everyone.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, second, so, while, as to, in conclusion, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 21.0 12.4196629213 169% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 33.0505617978 94% => OK
Preposition: 71.0 58.6224719101 121% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3006.0 2235.4752809 134% => OK
No of words: 571.0 442.535393258 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.26444833625 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.88831323574 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99187088659 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 293.0 215.323595506 136% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.513134851138 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 953.1 704.065955056 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.5809047716 60.3974514979 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.333333333 118.986275619 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.1481481481 23.4991977007 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.48148148148 5.21951772744 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.214267437663 0.243740707755 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0681558395494 0.0831039109588 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0614482182269 0.0758088955206 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.130580737982 0.150359130593 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0554140068752 0.0667264976115 83% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 14.1392134831 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 48.8420337079 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.23 12.1639044944 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.99 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 156.0 100.480337079 155% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 942, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'students'' or 'student's'?
Suggestion: students'; student's
... even extreme in that they streamline a students curriculum way before the student has t...
^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 429, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ized curriculum need not be exclusive of incorporating elements of other fields e...
^^
Line 4, column 483, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...g elements of other fields essential in ones domain. This is not a zero-sum scenario...
^^^^
Line 5, column 202, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...at different rates. The requirements of ones college degree and future career might ...
^^^^
Line 5, column 558, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...r than foisting an unfair and dare I say irrelevant curriculum on everyone.
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, second, so, while, as to, in conclusion, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 21.0 12.4196629213 169% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 33.0505617978 94% => OK
Preposition: 71.0 58.6224719101 121% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3006.0 2235.4752809 134% => OK
No of words: 571.0 442.535393258 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.26444833625 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.88831323574 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99187088659 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 293.0 215.323595506 136% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.513134851138 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 953.1 704.065955056 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.5809047716 60.3974514979 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.333333333 118.986275619 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.1481481481 23.4991977007 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.48148148148 5.21951772744 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.214267437663 0.243740707755 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0681558395494 0.0831039109588 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0614482182269 0.0758088955206 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.130580737982 0.150359130593 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0554140068752 0.0667264976115 83% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 14.1392134831 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 48.8420337079 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.23 12.1639044944 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.99 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 156.0 100.480337079 155% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 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.