Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country
Studying abroad is an excellent method to acquire new knowledge and understand diverse cultures, so demanding all students to study in a foreign country seems reasonable. However, this argument is based on the assumption that students actually learn when they are overseas, and it overlooks obstacles such as tuition and living costs. Therefore, colleges and universities should not make overseas study a mandatory requirement for their students.
When students travel overseas, they have the opportunity to discover a new culture and perhaps a new language. Advocates of overseas study might argue that if studying in a foreign country is a requirement for all students, students would be able to discover a new perspective and meet new people and cultures. However, this argument is completely based on the presumption that students actually go out and explore an exotic environment. Some students might not adapt to the unfamiliar setting and struggle to integrate into the new culture, or worse, they remain isolated in the new environment and only desire things that they are familiar with. For example, Southeast Asian foods are known for their spices, but a student from the United States might not be accustomed to such strong flavors. Consequently, although this student has traveled to Southeast Asia, this student only dines in transnational fast food chains that are also found in New York. This phemenon defeats the purpose of studying abroad as it demonstrates that some students might revert to things that they are familiar with. Therefore, studying overseas should not be compulsory for all students, but students who wish to uncover new things should be encouraged to study in a foreign country as they are more likely to attempt new things to widen their perspective.
Another reason why studying abroad should be optional is the problem of cost. Traveling is expensive. Students who travel overseas have to be responsible for their own travel, tuition, insurance, and diet. Since such costs are enormous, requesting schools to fully fund every student would be ludicrious and students most likely have to pay for the majority of their costs. However, some disadvantaged students might not have the financial capability to pay for these costs. Therefore, making overseas study a prerequisite for graduation would only weigh these poorer students down. Schools should only support those who have a strong desire to travel overseas, but they can set up some scholarships to subsize those who wish to travel overseas but do not have the financial means to do so.
Finally, some students might not be able to travel for a long period of time. For example, athletes who receive sports scholarships from their school are required to compete in certain competitions. Their absence would harm the competitiveness of the school. Other students might have family members to take care of, such a a younger sibling or even a child of their own. These students cannot just leave their family and stay overseas for 6 months. If schools demanded that all students should study abroad, graduation would be virtually impossible for these students who have to return home every day.
In conclusion, students should not be required to study in a foreign country, regardless of the length of the duration of stay. Some shy students might not integrate well with the new culture and only associate themselves with familiar people or foods. In addition, other students might have financial difficulties or other reasons that prevent them from traveling. Schools should encourage students to challenge themselves and travel abroad to experience new cultures, but they should not make this a mandatory requirement for studnets.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, consequently, finally, however, if, look, so, therefore, well, as for, for example, in addition, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 25.0 12.4196629213 201% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 24.0 14.8657303371 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 33.0505617978 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 58.6224719101 107% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3140.0 2235.4752809 140% => OK
No of words: 597.0 442.535393258 135% => OK
Chars per words: 5.25963149079 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.94303383012 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7550961275 2.79657885939 99% => OK
Unique words: 254.0 215.323595506 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.425460636516 0.4932671777 86% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 951.3 704.065955056 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 0.0 4.99550561798 0% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.2064411608 60.3974514979 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.142857143 118.986275619 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3214285714 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.0 5.21951772744 96% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 13.0 5.13820224719 253% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.254608705118 0.243740707755 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0896957723929 0.0831039109588 108% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0712289981176 0.0758088955206 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.187570525138 0.150359130593 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0565171259381 0.0667264976115 85% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 14.1392134831 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.23 12.1639044944 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.04 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 127.0 100.480337079 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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