A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.

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A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.

Given that education has played a more and more significant role in the development of our society, numbers of reforms and updates are constantly conducted to make sure that the education system can better serve the modern world. Many agree that elementary education is the most fundamental and essential part, and thus should be carefully designed and considered. One typical concern regarding this is whether students should have same nation curriculum until they enter college. As is always the case, opinions tend to differ. As far as I am concerned, however, it will be more beneficial if we do have same nation curriculum, although different curricula can encourage diversity and can sometimes be advantageous.

To begin with, same nation curriculum makes the grades more comparable, which is extremely helpful in selecting talents. One typical example is about the college entrance examination in China (also known as Gaokao). Students in most part of China have to learn the same courses when they are in junior and senior high school, after which they will be tested against the same standard and same exam. This is not the unicorn in the world, and the method has also been adapted to many countries. It’s true that this kind of education somehow kill students’ interest and may leave students who are specialized in certain areas inundated. But this unification does provide a fair platform for everyone to showcase their capability, and offer a credible measurement to help universities in selecting newly-admitted students. After all, same curriculum ensures that every student will experience similar difficulties and complexities, and their final grades can effectively measure their study.

Besides, instead of being beneficial in the process of talent selection, having same courses can also improve students’ study efficiency when they enter universities. In almost every country, high school students are required to have basic knowledge on math, physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography and so on. These requirements make students start at the same level when they embark on their university study, under which scenario professors can directly begin their lectures, with no need to worry that some students may not be able to follow. In this way, students can learn more in a shorter time, which renders them to spend more time exploring the unknown world, and contribute more to our society.

However, I have to admit that there are indeed some drawbacks for having the same curriculum and standardized exams. One issue that is concerned by a lot of people is that maybe not all students are suitable for the predesigned curriculum. For example, they may be disabled and have difficulty in learning the same materials as normal students do. Also, some may live in rural areas, where teaching resources are even not possible to get access to. There may also be cases where a genius in piano can never make sense of a math formula. It’s true that these exceptions are all what we should think about, for example, we can give them exception approval or some privileges to make it easier for them get admitted to college.

Although given these exceptions, I still hold the view that for the majorities, a country should set a standardized curriculum which takes the benefit of most students into consideration. In this way, we can provide a fair platform for students to make benign competitions and better their efficiency when they embark on their higher education.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, however, if, may, regarding, so, still, thus, after all, for example, kind of, 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: 23.0 12.4196629213 185% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 23.0 11.3162921348 203% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 48.0 33.0505617978 145% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 60.0 58.6224719101 102% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2972.0 2235.4752809 133% => OK
No of words: 567.0 442.535393258 128% => OK
Chars per words: 5.24162257496 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.87972968509 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79421301773 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 293.0 215.323595506 136% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.516754850088 0.4932671777 105% => OK
syllable_count: 948.6 704.065955056 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.7774659509 60.3974514979 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 123.833333333 118.986275619 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.625 23.4991977007 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.66666666667 5.21951772744 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.291164310965 0.243740707755 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0830273787485 0.0831039109588 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0974534047648 0.0758088955206 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.162250048007 0.150359130593 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0449479866681 0.0667264976115 67% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.1 14.1392134831 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 48.8420337079 81% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.41 12.1639044944 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.07 8.38706741573 108% => OK
difficult_words: 154.0 100.480337079 153% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => 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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