School Uniforms
In most developed nations, high school is a part of every student’s life. During this time, students are faced with the burdensome task of mastering their essential subject material, getting ready to enter the work force or university, and dealing with their day-to-day school life. Educators, students, and professionals envision school uniforms as an excellent means of reducing these stresses and difficulties of students.
First, the families of students will benefit significantly by saving on the cost of clothing. A few uniforms are much more affordable than the many different pairs of clothing that a child needs everyday to attend school. Clothing, especially the more fashionable styles, tends to be quite an expensive burden that most parents feel forced to bear because of the desire to help their young children feel comfortable and socially accepted in school.
A second major advantage lies in the elimination of unnecessary distractions. Children often spend large parts of their day worrying about what to wear to look good in order to find acceptance in school. They spend this time not only to look good but also to avoid the ridicule that they might receive if they don’t dress trendy enough. By removing this pointless waste of time, students can spend more energy and effort focusing on important issues such as their studies.
Finally, a mandatory uniform policy will develop a sense of community within the school. Psychologically, seeing your fellow students wearing the same clothing as you offers a way to feel more closely connected. Because each student wears the same clothing regardless of income level or ability, uniforms keep students, at least with respect to appearance, on an equal level. This removes clothing as a factor that might serve to fracture the students into different groups
The reading states that school uniforms are an excellent mean of reducing different stresses and difficulties of students, and gives three reasons of support. However, the lecturer states that uniforms don’t help to reduce these difficulties and attacks each of the claims made by the author.
First, the passage states that uniforms will significantly help the families of students to save on the cost of clothing. However, the lecturer refutes this idea by explaining that even uniforms are very expensive. Parents need to purchase more than one uniform every year. Moreover, children still need a lot of other clothes for the weekends and when they go out with their friends. So, parents will need to pay for both uniforms and normal clothes.
Second, the author claims that uniforms help with the elimination of unnecessary distractions. Again, the professor disagrees. She says that students tend to express their individual interests even when they wear uniforms. This can push them to other ways of expression like modifying the uniforms. They may get obsessed in any way that makes them look different, and eventually more distracted.
Third, the passage posits that a mandatory uniform policy will develop a sense of community within the school. On the contrary, the professor rebuts this point. She says that schools should promote the self-sense in students. When students wear the same, a lot of opportunities for creativity and personal freedom might be killed. Schools should try to save the diversity of students instead of the confrontation.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, look, may, moreover, second, so, still, third, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 3.0 10.4613686534 29% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 5.04856512141 218% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1321.0 1373.03311258 96% => OK
No of words: 249.0 270.72406181 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.30522088353 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.97237131171 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73788387791 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 144.0 145.348785872 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.578313253012 0.540411800872 107% => OK
syllable_count: 391.5 419.366225166 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 31.3266085203 49.2860985944 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 77.7058823529 110.228320801 70% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.6470588235 21.698381199 68% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.11764705882 7.06452816374 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.14602413086 0.272083759551 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0449979097248 0.0996497079465 45% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0318652770046 0.0662205650399 48% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0858254277326 0.162205337803 53% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0392954928759 0.0443174109184 89% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.9 13.3589403974 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.27 53.8541721854 106% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.8 11.0289183223 80% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.93 12.2367328918 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.52 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.498013245 72% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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