It is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject.
The claim goes too far as to say that people are better off broadly educated than specializing in one academic subject. Although having a broad spectrum of knowledge may benefit anyone, I dare say that focusing on one subject can save you time and money.
Firstly, if you aim for a broad knowledge, you should spend equal time on all subjects, but this time investment may not be worth it. There is no way you will use experience in all existing topics in your life. For example, if you want to get a Noble Prize, you do not need to learn mammals’ psychology together with physics. There is no award for “knowing everything". To win the award, you must focus on a specific field, become great in it, and invent something new. Attempts to embrace a multitude of subjects will always be a waste of time on something you will never need. Therefore, it is sufficient to specialize in one field of study to become successful.
Secondly, the lack of precise focus can be harmful for your budget. To get broad knowledge, you have to buy books, hold experiments, or hire a tutor. All the mentioned activities cost money, and if you try to embrace many subjects, you will have to pay for each of them. It would definitely be better to specialize in one field and spend money on comprehending every aspect of it, instead of trying to take a bite of everything.
Nevertheless, having a broad knowledge of many academic subjects can give you flexibility and a competitive edge. Being expert in chemistry does not guarantee you a successful business, for instance. You need to hire people, rent a room to work in, do paperwork, and you must be able to do all these things. Even the smartest chemist is doomed to fail the enterprise if he cannot communicate with his employees, understand their problems, and help them as a supervisor.
Summing up, having a broad knowledge of many academic subjects can be either beneficial or harmful. For a businessman, understanding all aspects of his company is vital, but for a common scientist dispersing on many subjects is usually a waste of money and time.
- The table gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002
- The maps show the development of the seaside resort of Templeton over the span of 15 years from 1990 to 2005 67
- he Internet will never replace traditional course books in schools Do you agree or disagree with this prediction 73
- The graph show average CO2 emissions per person in the UK Sweden Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007 61
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Overall the widespread use of the internet has a mostly positive effect on life in today s world 76
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 245, Rule ID: NOBLE_PRIZE[1]
Message: Did you mean 'Nobel Prize'?
Suggestion: Nobel Prize
...life. For example, if you want to get a Noble Prize, you do not need to learn mammals’ psyc...
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Line 2, column 349, Rule ID: EN_UNPAIRED_BRACKETS
Message: Unpaired symbol: '”' seems to be missing
...her with physics. There is no award for “knowing everything'. To win the awa...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, if, may, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, therefore, as to, for example, for instance
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 15.1003584229 93% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 9.8082437276 184% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 13.8261648746 87% => OK
Relative clauses : 2.0 11.0286738351 18% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 33.0 43.0788530466 77% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 52.1666666667 94% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.0752688172 37% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1734.0 1977.66487455 88% => OK
No of words: 367.0 407.700716846 90% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.72479564033 4.8611393121 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.37689890912 4.48103885553 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.85786251984 2.67179642975 107% => OK
Unique words: 200.0 212.727598566 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.544959128065 0.524837075471 104% => OK
syllable_count: 550.8 618.680645161 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 9.59856630824 94% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.86738351254 375% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.94265232975 61% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.6003584229 92% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.1344086022 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 30.5897707089 48.9658058833 62% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.2631578947 100.406767564 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3157894737 20.6045352989 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.73684210526 5.45110844103 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.5376344086 36% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 11.8709677419 84% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88709677419 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.302111770479 0.236089414692 128% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.103856150242 0.076458572812 136% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.130942599614 0.0737576698707 178% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.214733549243 0.150856017488 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.134285619011 0.0645574589148 208% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.5 11.7677419355 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 58.1214874552 104% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 10.1575268817 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.1 10.9000537634 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.15 8.01818996416 102% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 86.8835125448 96% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.002688172 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.0537634409 95% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.247311828 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 71.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.