Some people think that universities should provide graduates with the knowledge and skill needed in the workplace. Others think that the true function of a university should be to give access to knowledge for its own sake, regardless of whether the course

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Some people think that universities should provide graduates with the knowledge and skill needed in the workplace. Others think that the true function of a university should be to give access to knowledge for its own sake, regardless of whether the course is useful to an employer. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is true that with the expansion of universities, many people are concerned about the knowledge and skills available. While some people have different preferences when it comes to the purpose of advanced education, I personally believe that both practical skills and theoretical knowledge share an equal importance.
On the one hand, advantages of preparing students for the workplace are obvious. Firstly, most students will end up in workplaces and previous training of practical skills can simply ensure their quick adaptation in the workplaces. This is both physically and mentally beneficial for a new-comer to the society or to a certain position. Meanwhile, it also enhances students’ competitiveness in the job market, because companies nowadays tend to prefer applicants with some skills to prove their capabilities. This is especially true when it comes to certain domains such as accounting, where a qualified certificate is more important than the scores on gains in the exams.
In the mean time, to cultivate greater contributors to the society, merely focusing on teaching useful skills are far less than enough. Theoretical knowledge, as the original aim of teaching, is also of vital importance. A solid foundation in professional knowledge will help a lot in one’s future promotion. More importantly, it helps to develop creativity and critical thinking through learning these theories, which is more helpful than practical skills in a future career. Anyway, what the companies need are not working robots, but people who can really contribute ideas. Universities, however, should take the initial responsibility in preparing students to become excellent contributor to the society in this respect.
In conclusion, I am convinced that a real asset for the society should be inculcated with both useful skills and theoretical knowledge in the university.

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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'anyway', 'but', 'first', 'firstly', 'however', 'if', 'really', 'so', 'while', 'in conclusion', 'such as', 'it is true']

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

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.237804878049 0.247107183377 96% => OK
Verbs: 0.118902439024 0.155533422707 76% => OK
Adjectives: 0.118902439024 0.0946595960268 126% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0579268292683 0.0501214627716 116% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0274390243902 0.0437548338989 63% => OK
Prepositions: 0.118902439024 0.122226691241 97% => OK
Participles: 0.0274390243902 0.0403226058552 68% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.1569345949 2.80594681477 113% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0335365853659 0.0326793684256 103% => OK
Particles: 0.0030487804878 0.00163938923432 186% => OK
Determiners: 0.106707317073 0.0861772015684 124% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0182926829268 0.021408717616 85% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0182926829268 0.011925033212 153% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1884.0 1933.35771543 97% => OK
No of words: 289.0 316.048096192 91% => OK
Chars per words: 6.51903114187 6.12580529183 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12310562562 4.20517956788 98% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.442906574394 0.374742101984 118% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.356401384083 0.28420135186 125% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.287197231834 0.203846283523 141% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.217993079585 0.137316102897 159% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.1569345949 2.80594681477 113% => OK
Unique words: 170.0 176.037074148 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.588235294118 0.56093040696 105% => OK
Word variations: 63.3010927002 60.7387585426 104% => OK
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0891783567 87% => OK
Sentence length: 20.6428571429 20.7743622355 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 35.7765172099 49.517814964 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 134.571428571 127.492653851 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.6428571429 20.7743622355 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.928571428571 0.814263465372 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38877755511 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 3.99599198397 0% => OK
Readability: 56.2829955512 49.1944974215 114% => OK
Elegance: 1.88059701493 1.69124875643 111% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.45389972113 0.332605444948 136% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0861754405048 0.102741220458 84% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0610843512661 0.0668466124924 91% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.534580430609 0.534860350844 100% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.188070480337 0.148594505496 127% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.190431919491 0.134430193775 142% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0900808276593 0.0742795772207 121% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.362914879152 0.324371583561 112% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0849473081218 0.0638462369009 133% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.332466508451 0.228012699653 146% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0215761656939 0.058150111329 37% => The ideas may be duplicated in paragraphs.

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 8.68436873747 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 3.9879759519 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.41683366733 59% => OK
Positive topic words: 9.0 5.90881763527 152% => OK
Negative topic words: 0.0 2.5751503006 0% => More negative topic words wanted.
Neutral topic words: 2.0 1.9629258517 102% => OK
Total topic words: 11.0 10.4468937876 105% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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