Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester in a foreign country.
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.
It is well-known that the process of education differs from country to country due to vast differences in ideologies, wealth, accumulated knowledge, type and structure of a country’s population, and more. Nations can indeed learn a huge deal from each other. The prompt recommends that colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester in a foreign country as part of their undergraduate or graduate studies. I my opinion, I mostly disagree with the prompt and argue that while it would indeed be a rich learning experience for a student to live and attend school in a foreign country, on a larger scale, it might not favor many nations to do so. I will give two reasons to support my answer in my thesis.
To begin with, while sending students abroad might be feasible for a country in the west, for example the United States, there are many developing countries like India or countries that are even worse-off, who cannot find the means to collaborate with foreign universities and send all their students abroad. Many would struggle to cover their students’ flight and visa expenses even partially. There are millions of students in India who graduate every year. Would the country have decided to take up the expenses of the students who would go abroad, even partially, the country would have to pay billions of dollars every year. This money could be better spent taking care of more pressing matters. Furthermore, many students and their families are not financially equipped to take-on the expenses of a student’s foreign stay, even if the expenses were partially covered. Going abroad is a massive choice to make, and one must consider all factors while dealing with this choice, even financial ones. Furthermore, there may be other reasons why a person might not decide to go abroad. These could include valid ones like just wishing to stay in one’s own country. Some people might have health-issues, physical or mental. Others might have to support their families in some way, and going to a foreign country might put a lot of stress on people who say, are living with single parents who require their help, or those who have to take care of their old grandparents, who are dependent on the student. Forcing a massive situation on students such as going to a foreign land for a duration of six months would be a cruel way to hit a family.
Secondly, considering an extreme case in a bigger scenario, sending a large quantity of students abroad every year, might result in the influx of harmful ideologies from potential enemy nations as well. If the home nation decides not to control where their students go, a large number could go to nations who are potential enemies. These students could be at risk of propaganda, and will then become weapons that the enemy country can deploy. Afterall, the easiest way to defeat an enemy is to change their ideology. And the easiest way to do that is to control what they learn. Of course, this is just a risk and an extreme situation, one that is not likely to occur. However, a country while making such broad-scale decisions must consider all these possibilities. If a democratic country forces massive situations like going abroad onto their own citizens, how are they different from a communist regime like the USSR?
We have to accept the positives that such a policy could make, like the fact that this would foster great exchange of ideas, teach students to adapt to different places, broaden their exposures, and give them a different experience. This is why, the issue is more complicated than it seems. A better approach would indeed be to give positive incentives to students to go abroad. After all, staying in a foreign land must completely be a person’s individual choice and not a situation forced upon citizens.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 443, Rule ID: AFTERALL[1]
Message: Did you mean 'after all'?
Suggestion: After all
...pons that the enemy country can deploy. Afterall, the easiest way to defeat an enemy is ...
^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 791, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'force'?
Suggestion: force
... possibilities. If a democratic country forces massive situations like going abroad on...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
furthermore, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, well, while, after all, at least, for example, of course, such as, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 30.0 12.4196629213 242% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 44.0 33.0505617978 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 87.0 58.6224719101 148% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3183.0 2235.4752809 142% => OK
No of words: 651.0 442.535393258 147% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.88940092166 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.05120793913 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63372645036 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 304.0 215.323595506 141% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.466973886329 0.4932671777 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 987.3 704.065955056 140% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 29.0 20.2370786517 143% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 70.2791106149 60.3974514979 116% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.75862069 118.986275619 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.4482758621 23.4991977007 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.79310344828 5.21951772744 92% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.206273793898 0.243740707755 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0559648339286 0.0831039109588 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0733177648893 0.0758088955206 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.133818396005 0.150359130593 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0707260039111 0.0667264976115 106% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 14.1392134831 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.38 12.1639044944 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.22 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 144.0 100.480337079 143% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 11.8971910112 122% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
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 443, Rule ID: AFTERALL[1]
Message: Did you mean 'after all'?
Suggestion: After all
...pons that the enemy country can deploy. Afterall, the easiest way to defeat an enemy is ...
^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 791, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'force'?
Suggestion: force
... possibilities. If a democratic country forces massive situations like going abroad on...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
furthermore, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, well, while, after all, at least, for example, of course, such as, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 30.0 12.4196629213 242% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 44.0 33.0505617978 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 87.0 58.6224719101 148% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3183.0 2235.4752809 142% => OK
No of words: 651.0 442.535393258 147% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.88940092166 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.05120793913 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63372645036 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 304.0 215.323595506 141% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.466973886329 0.4932671777 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 987.3 704.065955056 140% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 29.0 20.2370786517 143% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 70.2791106149 60.3974514979 116% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.75862069 118.986275619 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.4482758621 23.4991977007 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.79310344828 5.21951772744 92% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.206273793898 0.243740707755 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0559648339286 0.0831039109588 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0733177648893 0.0758088955206 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.133818396005 0.150359130593 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0707260039111 0.0667264976115 106% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 14.1392134831 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.38 12.1639044944 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.22 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 144.0 100.480337079 143% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 11.8971910112 122% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
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.