“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 therecommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing andsupporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting therecommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these exa mples shape your position.
A national curriculum that all students follow should be seriously considered by every nation. A national curriculum would standardize the material being taught, thus giving every student the potential to be at the same level upon entering college. It would also simplify the role of teachers. This means that they would be able to focus less time on what they should teach, and instead focus on how best they should teach the standard material. However the national curriculum should only dictate what is being taught, not how it being taught. Since every classroom is different, this leaves the teacher with options so that they may best teach the material.
Currently, in the United States, students attending the same college can come from locations thousands of miles apart. This means that their previous knowledge can differ greatly based on where they completed their secondary education. Different areas of the county teach different material based on influences of the area. For instance, a school in the north-east may study literature from Europe, whereas a school in the south may study more literature from South America. Previous knowledge being very different, this will lead to great differences in opportunities for students in the same course in college. It also makes college admissions more fair because everybody has the same base level of knowledge. Therefore a national curriculum would provide equality of education for all.
Currently teaches often have to decide what material they are teaching, especially in the humanities. Material in the sciences is rather set in stone, however there are many options to choose from for teaching humanities. Having a national curriculum would free up time in teachers' busy schedules so that they may invest more time and preperation into their lessons, thus leading to more effective learning for students.
For these circumstances, adapting a national curriculum would be advantageous. However, there exist great gaps in the socio-economic classes of the United States, meaning that a national curriculum could be too advanced for some students, or too simple for others since it is a one size fit all solution. This is the main reason that a national curriculum would not be advantageous. In these edge cases though, I believe special programs could be made to assist those in need.
Nevertheless, in my opinion, a national curriculum woud be beneficial to students before entering college. It would provide them with the same base of knowledge from which they can the branch out from in higher education. It would also allow teachers to devote more of their time to creating lesson plans that teach the material well, along with perhaps catering to those that are further ahead or behind the rest of the student population.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 447, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...hey should teach the standard material. However the national curriculum should only dic...
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Line 3, column 713, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Therefore,
...y has the same base level of knowledge. Therefore a national curriculum would provide equ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, if, may, nevertheless, second, so, therefore, thus, well, whereas, for instance, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 24.0 12.4196629213 193% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 14.8657303371 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 39.0 33.0505617978 118% => OK
Preposition: 59.0 58.6224719101 101% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2353.0 2235.4752809 105% => OK
No of words: 451.0 442.535393258 102% => OK
Chars per words: 5.21729490022 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.60833598836 4.55969084622 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69560326463 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 219.0 215.323595506 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.485587583149 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 732.6 704.065955056 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.4228266056 60.3974514979 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.304347826 118.986275619 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6086956522 23.4991977007 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.73913043478 5.21951772744 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => 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: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.217740182818 0.243740707755 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0738717409726 0.0831039109588 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0582994035916 0.0758088955206 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.128689963328 0.150359130593 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0350647981121 0.0667264976115 53% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 14.1392134831 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.8420337079 107% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.0 12.1639044944 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.08 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 100.0 100.480337079 100% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => 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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