College students should be encouraged to pursue subjects that interest them rather than the courses that seem most likely to lead to jobs.
While having the ability to provide for themselves and their families should be of high priority, it should not be the only consideration or even the most important one. In the world today, many industries exist which could have appeared as "dead-end" jobs years ago. For example, even in the latter half of the 20th century, computers were not significantly widespread or prominent, possibly causing it to be viewed as an obsolete industry before it even began. Today, we know this is not the case. If all computer science students in the 1970's were dissuaded from pursuing their passion, no matter how bleak the outcome seemed at the time, then the current times would never have adopted the nickname "The Digital Age." This remains true for every emerging industry.
Students, and people in general, following their passions has led to a plethora of new inventions, hobbies, and industries. From a young age, students should be encouraged to pursue their interests in an attempt to ignite a spark in each individual, no matter what their interest may be. With each new generation, an inspiring wave of creativity, intellect, and passion that further helps develop their skills which, subsequently, enhances the present and future. Without the power of choice, individuals will not only lose motivation, but industries will be leaps and bounds behind where they could have been since, without passion or interest, employees will only work for a paycheck and nothing more.
Incorrectly, the above statement assumes exclusivity between the two groups of "interesting" and "likely to lead to jobs." In fact, many people develop interests in hobbies at an early age which eventually burgeon into skills considered desirable by hiring managers. An interest in folding paper airplanes as a child could translate to becoming a lead engineer in the aeronautics industry. However, if that same child is deterred from finding the best flight design for a piece of paper, then airline designs may remain inefficient, and never be given the chance to improve.
Perhaps most importantly, steering students in the direction of filling jobs could have a deleterious effect - both to individuals and the economy as a whole. If every student interested in pursuing the limited openings as a NASA scientist, triceratops historian, or art analyst were instead persuaded into becoming fast food cashiers, then the market would soon become saturated. After an undeterminable, although presumably short, amount of time, there would be enough cash handlers at Wendy's and Burger King that the student initially wanting to study dinosaurs has now lost his passion for the ancient beings, and is unable to find a job even as a fast food cashier.
The idea is not without some merit, however. Pushing students toward a specific career, even one they are not interested in, could possibly help fill gaps in the work force such as sanitation engineers. Perhaps beneficial in a myopic sense, the positive effects on the industry would soon fall precipitously for the reasons mentioned above. The industries would quickly reach capacity and many prospective applicants would be left wanting a job for which no openings exist.
While students should keep the prospects of a job in mind during their college careers, there are more important aspects that should be considered. Passions and interests should be pursued first and foremost. No one can predict which industries may explode such as technology and computers did at the turn of the 21st century or, on the other hand, which industries that are booming now, may become obsolete in the near future.
- A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college 66
- Science and technology will one day be able to solve all of society s problems 92
- The following is a petition to the city council of Centerville Over the past three years there has been a marked increase in cases of sidewalk rage similar to the irrational anger drivers experience on the road but instead among sidewalk walkers The resul 66
- A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college 66
- College students should be encouraged to pursue subjects that interest them rather than the courses that seem most likely to lead to jobs 83
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 126, Rule ID: MAY_COULD_POSSIBLY[1]
Message: Use simply 'could'.
Suggestion: could
...r, even one they are not interested in, could possibly help fill gaps in the work force such a...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, may, so, then, while, for example, in fact, in general, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 25.0 12.4196629213 201% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 33.0505617978 67% => OK
Preposition: 66.0 58.6224719101 113% => 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: 3091.0 2235.4752809 138% => OK
No of words: 589.0 442.535393258 133% => OK
Chars per words: 5.24787775891 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.92639038232 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89540394002 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 327.0 215.323595506 152% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.555178268251 0.4932671777 113% => OK
syllable_count: 947.7 704.065955056 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 69.7786494377 60.3974514979 116% => OK
Chars per sentence: 140.5 118.986275619 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.7727272727 23.4991977007 114% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.86363636364 5.21951772744 93% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.216040198083 0.243740707755 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0670734258676 0.0831039109588 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0713320165582 0.0758088955206 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.115842713786 0.150359130593 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0378390122192 0.0667264976115 57% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.7 14.1392134831 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.47 12.1639044944 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.27 8.38706741573 111% => OK
difficult_words: 162.0 100.480337079 161% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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