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 claim In developing and supporting your position be sure to

We have often heard the phrase, "One shoe does not fit all". Generic training doesn't particularly help students. The prompt recommends that a nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college. In my opinion, I mostly disagree with this suggestion for two reasons.

Firstly, students have different interests and aspirations. If they are forced to study subjects that they don't have any interest in and it also won't have any bearing on their future professional life, the child's academic performance could drop quickly and in extreme cases, he may also lose the will to learn. This could also result in the lowering of a student's self-confidence drastically. For instance, if a student wishes to become a financial analyst and is not interested in pursuing science, if the education system forces him to study the concepts of chemistry, not only will he struggle with grasping the concepts, it would make him feel incompetent unnecessarily. If he loses his zest for learning in this process, he could potentially miss out on a promising career in his dream field.

Further, the same national curriculum would adversely affect students with special needs. Those with learning disabilities will not be able to easily cope with a syllabus that is of the same extent as other students. This would lead them to feel dejected. A separate curriculum must be designed for such students which is more adapted to their abilities and learning pace. For instance, a student suffering from dyslexia wouldn't be able to ace an English class if he is put in the same boat as everyone else and taught in a generic manner. He would require special training from personnel equipped with suitable knowledge. So it would be beneficial for such students to have a specially curated course for them as opposed to a generic one.

However, it is true that a basic knowledge of certain courses is required for all students. This includes subjects such as elementary mathematics. A working knowledge of algebra will be required in life for virtually all students and so the curriculum of such a course should be designed keeping in mind the students of the whole nation. For example, a person could have a strong predilection for physics and not like studying mathematics. But if he would skip studying it in earlier grades, it would not be possible for him to become proficient in physics later as mathematics would be a prerequisite for his course.

In conclusion, while it would not be beneficial for all students to study the same national curriculum till they enter college, it is true that certain fundamental knowledge has to be imparted to them all. So the policymakers should formulate a strategy that is only generic up to a required extent, and later it should be tailored as per the students' specific needs and interests.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: doesn't
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Suggestion: don't
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Suggestion: to pace
...adapted to their abilities and learning pace. For instance, a student suffering from...
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Suggestion: wouldn't
...ance, a student suffering from dyslexia wouldnt be able to ace an English class if he i...
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Message: Consider replacing "in a generic manner" with adverb for "generic"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...e same boat as everyone else and taught in a generic manner. He would require special training from...
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Message: Comparison requires 'than', not 'then' nor 'as'.
Suggestion: than
...m to become proficient in physics later as mathematics would be a prerequisite for...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, however, if, may, so, while, as to, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, in my opinion, it is true

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 23.0 12.4196629213 185% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 47.0 33.0505617978 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 53.0 58.6224719101 90% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2404.0 2235.4752809 108% => OK
No of words: 481.0 442.535393258 109% => OK
Chars per words: 4.99792099792 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.68313059816 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83512622424 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 230.0 215.323595506 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.47817047817 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 750.6 704.065955056 107% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 63.5839798634 60.3974514979 105% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.52173913 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.9130434783 23.4991977007 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.04347826087 5.21951772744 116% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.251728283926 0.243740707755 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0820793908702 0.0831039109588 99% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0963191051156 0.0758088955206 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.175440132669 0.150359130593 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0793418170777 0.0667264976115 119% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 14.1392134831 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.72 12.1639044944 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.37 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 114.0 100.480337079 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => 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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